Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

25 reviews

nicolarutterford's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder

camilla_perotti's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

In my opinion, the worst book of the series. It could have been at least 200 pages shorter, dealing more with the investigation than with the detectives’ personal lives:

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did we really need another one of Strike’s girlfriends? Only for him to grow, once again, annoyed by her to the point of ghosting her? And the whole Charlotte Campbell once again getting in the way of everyone else’s lives? (I hope we’ve seen the last of her!)

The result was that by the time the investigation was starting to wrap up, much of the details from the first half of the book were lost to my memory and it wasn’t very easy to follow the detectives’ reasonings. 
The case in itself was very interesting, and I was pretty excited about the murderer’s reveal. I can also see how the author drew much from her personal experience with Twitter. However, in this review I won’t get into the JKK Rowling-transphobic debacle, as I don’t think this is the place for it. 
Finally, was the editor drinking at work?! It has been a long time since I read a novel edited this badly! I mean, from such a celebrated author and for such a best-selling series, you’d expect the best editor on the market to be on the job. Instead, there were so many inconsistencies,

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from the game’s chat room continuously changing formatting (a conversation opened/has opened, a member entered/has entered) to Rachel repeatedly talking of Edie as her aunt, while she was, instead, her cousin. <\spoiler>
In short, if this novel, with a similar plot, had been shorter and better edited, it would have gotten from me 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Murder, Hate crime, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pedophilia

kcarney86's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Cursing, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Rape

thatonecatmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, and Racism

Yall. Go into this understanding that a lot of it has to do with the toxicity of the people online, trolls and bullies. So so many content warnings

emilieboeger's review

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Way too long. Way too many characters who’s point I still can’t see and the “big reveal” was very underwhelming. Would have loved some more pages dedicated to explaining motive and method and A LOT LESS pages for the rest.

A lot of characters in the Strike-series who have disabilities or who are
Mentally or chronically ill are portrayed with a certain note of skepticism towards the validity of their ailments. Strike on the other hand is always portrayed as someone who doesn’t want to be seen as disabled and who “doesn’t let their disability limit them”. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Ableism

hp62442's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ajezio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Edit woman, edit! I'm not sure why this book wasn't edited down. The page count is too hight for what happens in the book, I sure don't need to know what color of shirt did Robin purchase and why she got a new backpack. I mean - too many details that are not pushing plot or character development. I think it was overcomplicated story - and not in a good way. And at this point - I'm no longer inverted in Robin&Cormoran story - they can't just talk anymore? After the whole thing of always being honest? Come on!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Blood

just_me_abbey's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Death

stacy_es's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Bullying, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

abby_can_read's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This is a decent book. Not my favorite in the series. There was relationship development between Ellacott and Strike. The plot was hard to follow at times, and I felt it was predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Bullying, Sexism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia, Gore, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Ableism, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Stalking, Blood, Pedophilia, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Infidelity