Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Sjöjungfrun by Camilla Läckberg

5 reviews

angeee's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

phiephels's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse

susysstories's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The ending did not come as a surprise.

Quite early on I though it was Christian, dressed as either his mom or as Alice, who was doing the murdering as well as sending the letters. After Erica found Alice’s drawings for Christian, I knew for sure.
I feel like the explanation of schizophrenia ánd DIS was a bit too much. Tried to look up the prevalence of such comorbidity but couldn’t find anything unfortunately.
Erica was truly insufferable and Patrik way too patient and kind.

Having said this, I really enjoyed the book. It was a fast read and again I loved how Lackberg gives us snippets of information, alternating between past and present, leading us to the conclusion. And that cliffhanger!?! Really anxious to read the next instalment!

Characters 9

Atmosphere 9

Writing Style 9

Setup 9

Plot 8

Intrigue 9

Logic 7

Enjoyment 9

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

ursulazc'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Murder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child abuse

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Suicide