Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Black Widows by Cate Quinn

17 reviews

sbeierle's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

epilieaspiechick's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

Such a dark and brooding book, but it was so addictive to read! One of my favorite books of the year easily. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Drug use

nxclx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

From the first five minutes of me starting this book, I was hooked and knew exactly how I wanted it to end. While I didn't get exactly what I wanted, I got pretty damn close. Great ploy twists, keeps you hooked the entire way through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

thislibrarylife's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A great thriller. Recommend for readers who like Sarah Pinborough, Gillian Flynn, or Ruth Ware.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Religious bigotry, and Murder

chelseasbookshelf2's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was a unique fast paced thriller that had you guessing til the very end who the killer was. I was shocked by the ending, and definitely thought 1 or 2 other people had done it. 

What I liked:
- super short chapters 
- told from multiple POVs and timelines
- gave good background on Latter Day Saints 

What I didn't like:
- very long and could have been 100 pages shorter 
- a little confusing at times and hard to follow 
- wish we had a chapter from Blake at the time of his death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

kmsisler's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

readwithaimee's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The unreliable narrator is still a very popular trope in mysteries and thrillers. Well, Black Widows has THREE. Three women who are suspects in the death of their (yes, their) husband. This book takes the standard thriller and adds a sister wives/XX kids and counting element. It's grittier than I expected (which isn't a bad thing) but this ended up being a fun read "for the moment" and won't be something I remember much years from now.

Content warnings: religious fanaticism, cults, sexual assault, child abuse, sexual assault of children, drug use, self-harm, brief mention of suicide, miscarriage.

Thank you BiblioLifestyle and Sourcebooks for the ARC!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicide