Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

125 reviews

isfantasi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Sexism, and Biphobia

gbeene's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

I was entertained, but not moved. The concept is interesting, but the book has its flaws. The writing tried too hard to be pretty, and the story could’ve easily been shortened. Aside from her desperation, Addie didn’t have as much personality as I would’ve hoped for in a main character. I could say something similar for Henry. For me, Luc was the only character that was truly dynamic. 

I was entertained, but unfortunately, ironically, I imagine the book will be easy to forget.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual content

manyofmae's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War and Sexual violence

alexlynx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.5

Be patient with this book. It follows paths that you feel like you don't want to take. Give it time. I personally have a love-hate relationship with books that jump between time so much that at some point you can barely make out where the plot starts and where it ends. But this book has a very definitive start and end, only the middle is blurred. I got lost in it, and it was beautiful, and sad, and madning, and insane, inspiring, wonderful. Her writing is addictive to a point where I'm almost annoyed at myself for how long it took to finally continue reading this book. And I also want to scream at her for the things these characters have to go through, and for how attached to them I got.
Insanely beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Death

rainynook's review

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

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

5.0

New favorite book!  Wow, loved the whole story arc, and such beautiful, memorable, luminous writing.  Very well done.  I read the book + listened to the Audible version - extremely well done by the talented Julia Whelan.  So good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

"If it cannot be love, well, then, at least it is not lonely."

Angry women, gods you shouldn't pray to and an intriguing answer to the question: what would you do with forever?
The answer is nobody wants to be immortal.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and War

claire_leibovitz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: War and Biphobia

rocio07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

hdoomk's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Cursing, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and War

rhall19's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: War, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts