Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Black Widows by Cate Quinn

9 reviews

a_b_lee's review

dark mysterious 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

3.25

Like others, found the Emily character underdeveloped and didn’t love the ending. Would love to have just heard more from Rachel or cut the book by a few hundred pages. Couldn’t put it down toward the end but by then I cared more about Rachel’s backstory and less about who killed their husband 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Abortion

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, and Murder

bubblehead_1994's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

strawberrypupcake's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Murder mystery plus religion and you get this crazy book that has parts of the plot loosely based on Warren Jeffs’ and the LDS in Utah. This book is creepy. It is interesting. It had lots of twists and turns. The killer isn’t who you might think. I really enjoyed this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

gm3116's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

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

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

lilacsandliterature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug abuse