Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Girl in the Eagle's Talons by Karin Smirnoff

5 reviews

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Alcohol

mysticslinky's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Racism, and Alcohol

kellylikestoread's review

dark 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

esskaysquared's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.25

I've been on a Nordic Noir kick lately and was really excited for this book to come out. I really liked David Lagercrantz's trilogy in the series and had high hopes for the new author. This did not feel like a Lisbeth Salander book at all, but a different book with the characters' names replaced. Salander and Blomqvist have completely different personalities from the previous books in the series to the extent that I felt like the author hasn't even read the other books.

I also did not like the return of sexual violence in this book. I always felt that Larsson was weirdly obsessed with sexual assault, even for Nordic Noir, and one reason that I liked Lagercrantz's books in the series so much was that his trilogy kept sexual violence to a minimum. Smirnoff lingered less on those scenes than Larsson, but it was there and several scenes were rather graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

witchofthesword's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Disappointed in this author’s portrayal and grasp of Lisbeth’s character, felt they missed the mark almost completely with her. They did okay with MB. Overall my least favorite of the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault