Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

231 reviews

vibingandy's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

rosereadsalot's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Violence, Death, Stalking, Infidelity, and Blood

sawyernarro's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Self harm, Rape, Child abuse, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

juliarenae's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.75

The book is so much better than I thought it was ever going to be. The ending was not what I was expecting, but so good and worth it all. I enjoyed that I kept me on my toes and questioning who the killer is the entire time. It’s a lot more complex than I thought it was going to be. It was an amazing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

regent_ace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Actual Rating: 2.5 stars


I enjoyed the atmosphere of it and I liked the main character a lot and sympathized with her.
I thought the red herring in the book got repetitive after a while and I really disliked the twist at the end. I felt the ending left a bad taste in my mouth (metaphorically)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking

glammster's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Stalking, Grief, Infertility, Blood, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident

takemetomilos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.75

Wasn’t as jazzed as in the silent patient. Was pretty sure about halfway through that

zoe had to be involved somehow/was the most promising suspect

which was disappointed. Couldn’t be sure till the end but yea.  the twist wasn’t as good as the silent patient although I was not expecting

Sebastian’s involvement- I gave up on that suspicion pretty early once they confirmed they found the body. I  guess I liked the inclusion of his passages though. I was very sure it was not him talking to us

 
Just didn’t wow me which I think these books rely on to be amazing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Pedophilia

rjkadlick's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

i was gonna rate this book 3.5 stars and had a lot of witty comments to write in this review then the ending was just so bad i had to dock it a whole point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Murder, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Death of parent, Animal death, and Pedophilia

madkat37's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Mental illness, Animal death, Stalking, Self harm, and Pedophilia

crobert's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia