Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

19 reviews

ehunsy's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Child abuse and Kidnapping

essie__reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book kept me hooked from the beginning. I tend not to enjoy thrillers because I often find them too predictable, but that was not the case with this book. I genuinely had no idea who the killer was or what their motive was, until it was revealed in the book. This book is over 500 pages but the chapters are short and fly by. There were several different characters introduced in the beginning which made the beginning a bit slow but they are easy to differentiate between and the rest of the book flowed very seamlessly. If you enjoy detective/police thrillers, I would highly recommend this one. I felt like the ending was left open enough for the possibility of a sequel, while still wrapping up the main plot very well. I am looking forward to watching the Netflix series adaptation!!

Please be advised to look up content warnings!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, and Stalking

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

This just felt super dry to me. It got a little more interesting as it went on and as I started to remember who some of the characters were, but overall it definitely wasn’t memorable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

tajosima's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

So after reading this book one would think that apparently all the men are pervs and can’t see a woman without thinking of cheating on his wife with that new woman..nope, this left a bad taste in my mouth. The mystery itself was cool, but not good overall imo. And the reasons why the women were being killed also didn’t convince me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism and Forced institutionalization

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

ripxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

asmale's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

xlivinglikejen's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail