Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

71 reviews

nellzzzz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

breruby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Alcohol

paulblart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Sexual assault

verelien's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

redtemptation's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

annabelle42688's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Interesting, but not what I had hoped for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

tlskayte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, and Car accident

violetwraith's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.5

I really wanted to like this book. The synopsis sounded so interesting, but the execution just fell flat for me. And the whole mystery part often took a backseat to random chapters of mostly unnecessary backstory. It was definitely more murder mystery with tones of psychological thriller, but not so much horror. The end was a poorly done bait and switch, so that was annoying. There were some parts of this story I thought were pretty clever, but most was just…meh. 

And this is really just personal opinion on my part, but some of the messages this book seemed to try and send just left a bad taste in my mouth. I’d like to say it’s because of the unreliable narrator aspect,  but the overall quality of the writing and storytelling give me doubts. The MC is straight up

sexually assaulted by his friend’s older brother

and then goes on to say it wasn’t such a terrible thing. And then he sympathizes with a pedo because he knows him and has a connection to him, but condemns another adult man for leering at teen girls. He’s able to justify that groomer pedo’s actions, but thinks his friend is cold and heartless because she has no sympathy for her abusive father. What in the pedo-sympathizer BS is this? If these thoughts were ever really challenged on page when he was an adult, it would’ve saved it for me, but that didn’t happen. 

Definitely wouldn’t recommend, or read twice. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

heyshay07's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

ecahill23's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy