Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Wiedźmie drzewo by Łukasz Praski, Tana French

16 reviews

clrouse's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Classism

wildhorses's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hdunscombe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Dysphoria

someryarns's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

gracehourigan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

A little slower than most of French’s other books but it definitely broke the mold of what I was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Hate crime, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

marlyngitomer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.0

Pacing was very slow. I was intrigued by the middle but stopped caring by the end. It just dragged on and I'm past the point that character development was no longer happening. I wonder why this story has to be told. The mystery was kind of interesting and dark, but then there were other things that happened. Meh. I do like her writing style and would give another one of her books a try, but this one was so-so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Dementia, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

lumilammas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Very well crafted story. Ultimately upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

birdsandships's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

thesaggingbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This was difficult for me to rate. The writing was great as usual and the characters were well developed but it dragged on and on for no real reason. Just because you’re a stellar writer doesn’t mean you need to use all the words!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Terminal illness, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

The book covered a lot of sensitive topics but i didn’t feel like it was gratuitous in explanations or details.

stjohnswarts's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

This book is dark, even for Tana French - particularly the ending. Her books rarely have happy endings but man. She’s great at writing hugely unlikeable characters and then throwing so much shit at them that by the end you just feel sorry for them more than anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail