Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Das Geheimnis des Weißen Bandes by Anthony Horowitz

6 reviews

zuai's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Murder

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

ashleyadkins001's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

elzmri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

Horowitz portrays Holmes and Watson brilliantly, and I really like his writing style. However the content of the crimes that they were investigating, which were revealed towards the end, was really difficult to read and I wish I had seen the content trigger warnings beforehand. As a review on the front cover notes, Horowitz certainly does explore the “capital’s dark underbelly [more] than Conan Doyle ever did”, but I found this to be a bit too triggering and shocking for me and I was close to having to put the book down, but I tried and managed to read it to the end. Nevertheless, I hope for Horowitz to write more Holmes pastiches in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

rebekka_evie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.5

As Doctor Watson lays in his hospital room, in his old age, he reflects on his life. And he wants to write down one last Sherlock Holmes case. The case of the House of Silk.
Which are actually two cases. I found it great how Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were woven into these two cases at once. Both curious and captivating. Old characters were brought back to life and got to investigate again.
The language used by Anthony Horowitz was appropriat and at the same time easy to read. He approached the project with respect towards the old stories and Doyle. Sherlock Holmes wasn't re-invented, merly brought back for another case or two.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia