Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Penpal by Dathan Auerbach

5 reviews

_fallinglight_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Stalking

Moderate: Pedophilia, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Child death, Car accident, Child abuse, Dementia, and Kidnapping

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

What an eerie book. I was not expecting a horror that could, more or less, be real. I liked that aspect of it. I think that the jumping around in the timeline mostly works, but the sections where

the main character spent time with Veronica and then she died, felt kind of random and disjointed compared to the rest of the story. I know it was to reconnect him to Josh but I just felt like she appeared out of nowhere just to die.

That said, I really enjoyed most of this book, and while I feel like I guessed a lot of what was going to happen, that didn't really ruin the experience of watching the mystery unfold. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Child death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cursing, Animal death, and Bullying

maniacjac's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Dementia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Confinement

tpsebast92's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Stalking, Cursing, Child death, and Blood

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Child death, Car accident, Dementia, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Medical content, Confinement, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Cursing