Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

53 reviews

shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

So convoluted. I had high hopes for this book. It’s all over the place and there are many murders spoiler and so many false identities galore /spoiler. 

I needed a damn flow chart for this book. I will try another book by this author because I did like the pacing and writing but the content was not ideal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Dementia, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Drug use, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

erz02006's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.0

TLDR: If you're expecting this to be a thriller you will be disappointed.

While the beginning of the book does introduce the untimely death of the main character's husband very little of the book after that is about this death. Chapters 10-38 out of 48 chapters are almost entirely backstory of different characters and none of it relates to the aforementioned death. When it does finally return to the mysterious death it gets resolved rather quickly with minimal drama. There are a few "twists" but they are not surprising if you've been paying attention to the details in the book.

There are also many chapters that go into detail about one character's abusive childhood. It's not particularly fun or interesting to read about.

However it is well written. If you are more interested in a book about character exploration than a page turning thriller, you might like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse

nagem's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Violence, and Death

swell_gal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

amberinbookland's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Addiction

micaelamariem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

We all know by now I’m not the biggest thriller fan but I have actually liked a few in the past year! This, unfortunately, was not it. The main thing was I found it so predictable—and I’m normally never right about these things whereas here I called all the twists. Plus there is a lot of SA in the book which I suppose added to it, but it started to get too detailed for me and could be very triggering for other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Racism, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

melmertsis's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

angiebradley's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

evawondergem's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, and Rape

terrik_409's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

So engrossing. One twist I saw coming but others I didn't. I could not stop reading. But a warning, there's very dark subject matter in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Gore