Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

21 reviews

ncoletti's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence and War

lampbee's review against another edition

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: Emotional abuse and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence

alywise's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

I really like when books feel like nothing has happened, and then all of the sudden a bombshell drops and you realize stuff has been happening the whole time! This felt like… like Liane Moriarty meets Agatha Christie. I was left with some loose ends (who the actual f was Jackie Marsh? Did she ever get her passport back?), but mostly felt like the author gave appropriate closure and answers, without spoon feeding it to the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, and Terminal illness

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

clinachrstina's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Finished this in two days and really loved it. I see how the structure is super hit or miss, but for me it was a definite hit. It's a nice mix of mysteries that you can easily solve/guess at while reading and answers that only get revealed to you at the end. The book takes such an intricate look at a weird little community and so many of the emails made me chuckle out loud because people's behaviour was so absurd - but in a totally realistic way. Very well crafted and very entertaining!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual violence, and Murder

odrib's review

challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Colonisation

kstericker's review

challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

THIS RIPS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

nicolaparty's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicide, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

yulimaru's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.25

the device of being told through correspondence and as a sideline through text messages was interesting enough to keep be from DNF-ing this one. i’ll call it the most boring book to keep my attention. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

embey's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Genuinely one of the most genius books I've ever read. Un-put-downable to the point of interfering with work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Racism and Torture

bookshelf_al's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and War