Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

13 reviews

monicabach's review

Cursing and sexual content

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

karina_dreamsinwords's review against another edition

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? Yes

2.5

This was very mid for me, but I’m glad to be in the minority here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Blood and Sexual content

ariana3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The plot of this felt so basic, but it was an easy read and had some good twists at the end!

A famous TV journalist (who is actually the daughter of a huge NY embezzler) chases a story but uses it as a cover. She works with a semi-disgraced retired FBI agent (who of course was brought out of retirement to gain her trust and help get info on her felon father's whereabouts). Per usual, they sleep together and catch feelings. She's betrayed when she finds out he was supposedly using her for info, he insists that wasn't the intention (he didn't know he'd catch feelings). They come to an agreement and help get her dad caught together. The twists: her dead brother isn't actually dead and that's who she was helping evade the feds all along; the person who was supposedly dead for the story she was chasing isn't dead, and she was actually guilty of the murder she committed (and was almost convicted of) despite her planting her own evidence at the scene.

These twists at the end and the fact I couldn't put the book down (despite the basic plot) bumped this from 3/3.5 stars the 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Classism and Confinement

elizabeth_lepore's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Infertility and Abortion

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

wormgirl's review

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gun violence

cassidy_rain's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

This is a fun mystery! A handful of characters and switches between different locations a bit, but still easy to follow. I felt it was a tiny bit slow at times. The ending, I absolutely loved! A couple of plot twists that I was not expecting. And I appreciate when plot twists make sense (and are not super outlandish to the rest of the story). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Infertility

saliwali's review

adventurous informative mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content

achay91's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, Death of parent, and Sexual content

heathermarie08's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

I thought this book would be more plot driven, but focused quite a bit on the characters, especially the main character Avery. I enjoyed the book but would've enjoyed the mysteries to have been built more. The ending was redeeming but almost felt like an afterthought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent