Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

26 reviews

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Dementia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gaslighting

miratio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racial slurs

pookiee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racism, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Fatphobia

swell_gal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

micaelamariem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

We all know by now I’m not the biggest thriller fan but I have actually liked a few in the past year! This, unfortunately, was not it. The main thing was I found it so predictable—and I’m normally never right about these things whereas here I called all the twists. Plus there is a lot of SA in the book which I suppose added to it, but it started to get too detailed for me and could be very triggering for other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Racism, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

melmertsis's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

hellokatya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

i absolutely loved this book and was completely engrossed. it was so difficult to put down and gave me a few day’s worth of lost sleep. i highly Highly recommend this book. i definitely saw (one of the bigger) plot twists a while before, but that is no where near a complaint; the author was so fantastic at leaving breadcrumbs so that it was extremely satisfying to find out you were right. 
my only gripes are:
1. 

I wish the elsie reveal had happened earlier or been longer. especially the aftermath, very much told rather than shown; but i was very glad to have had closure on that and it made complete sense.

2.

the confrontation with ruby shouldve also been longer. it had been 25 years and she had so much pent up rage, how did it go so quickly? i guess to an extent she wanted it to be over with and didn’t want to stoop to her mother’s level, but it would’ve made for a better send off.

overall, had it not been for those two preferences, this book is a 5/5. absolutely enthralling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia and Dementia

ambersbakesandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

laney097's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Self harm, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Rape