Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

99 reviews

zikeyag's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

Listening Time - 7 hrs 54 mins

I enjoyed listening to this book. Definitely a lot of triggers throughout the book, so beware of that. Paris overcame a lot to be where she is and maybe she can finally find peace. It sucks that there are kids who really go through trauma like this and have to do what they can to survive. Some of them don’t make it. This story had great character development, details were drawn out like a drama series, and I love that there was a small dose of love entered into the equation. No smut though lol, but I’m a sucker for potential romance. I was also shocked by the conclusion of Jimmy’s death. I was waiting for that confirmation since the beginning of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Rape, Suicide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

alexawoodard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not my favorite of this author’s, but I appreciate the theme of generational trauma and how it affects people. It had a decent plot as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Dementia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gaslighting

caitlynfox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Called the twist pretty early on in the book, however it was written so well that I didn’t mind working my way through it. Fun cast of characters and yet another “good for her” book of female rage and revenge(little light on the rage, she could’ve been much angrier in my opinion, lol).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

megd0279's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Self harm, and Pedophilia

doku's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Suicide, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

ashleyhart12's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Fatphobia, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

foxmulders's review against another edition

mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Incest, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

restupkin's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

This book really wasn’t for me. I’ll be honest the first part was incredibly enjoyable but then it felt like it deviated a bit from the main plot and focused more on Paris past life. Which is fine but not what I envisioned the book was going to be. I though it would have been more of a mystery, crime thriller. But in reality felt like the opposite. The book itself was fine, it had some really good moments but in general was just lacking any sense of surprise or drive. I felt like giving up multiple times but just pushed through. The "plot twists” were incredibly obvious and boring. I’d already guessed them all by the 3rd part of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

craftygal's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Death, Drug use, and Emotional abuse