Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Change by Kirsten Miller

118 reviews

trippalli's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The vengeance of strong women in this book take a magical turn as they uncover the murders of teen girls and uncover a web of evil abuse in their town they are seeking answers to and devising how to intervene and prevent further murders

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Child death, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

djbobthegirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Child death, Classism, Grief, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

juanat77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Trafficking, Stalking, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content

prose_and_peonies's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

This book was a bit much for me. It is very heavy, even the parts we are supposed to cheer for. I think I was supposed to be happy at how the ending turned out, but I wasn’t. While this one localized issue was resolved, what about the rest of the world? 

I also had some questions that were unanswered. If other women like the three main characters exist and have existed for generations, how isn’t there a larger network of them?  

After certain characters were introduced I knew fairly quickly they’d end up being the bad folks, but I didn’t know how. I almost DNF this audiobook several times but I did ultimately want to know how it ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

zinelib's review

hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm always looking for books about people going through perimenopause, and I like witches as well as the next guy, so The Change seemed like a winner. I enjoyed the vengeance demon of it all, but in general the novel has a binary, gender essentialist energy that I found troubling. Miller is a Barnard alum. I wonder if I can get any intel...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

mandtastic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

I loved this book. Thriller, mystery, feminine power all wrapped in to one supernatural story. The characters are strong and venerable all at once and the plot is somewhat predictable but still very good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

jessife's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

True crime style but with a mix of middle aged women with superpowers - will make you feel angry and empowered at the same time 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Kidnapping, Violence, and Suicide

shes_mack's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

I need a sequel. Or more chapters/POV’s getting to know everyone better. This book is cathartic & itched a scratch I didn’t know I had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

foresturken's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Misogyny, and Rape

had more of a Jeffrey Epstein/Guilayne Maxwell vibe at the end, wasn’t expecting that.

nu_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Absolutely insane book. Loved the mystery element and actually enjoyed the characters so much that the flashbacks at the beginning weren’t too jarring, and when you get into the meat of the story they become so good. The description says it best that’s it’s a rage scream of a book, and while some women may not have had these experience there are a lot who have or know ones that have. The revenge aspect was very satisfying but it takes you on a ride before you get there!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Rape, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault