Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Egy ​gyilkosság ára by Peter Swanson

33 reviews

kirahaycock21's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.75

I almost DNF’d this book. I got bored about halfway through the book. I didn’t really find it compelling or interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Addiction, and Cursing

katie316says's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. I’d give the plot a 4, and the writing a 2, so we’re going to average it out to a 3.

The Plot: Up until the very end of the first act,

where we have that first big twist

, I was very bored by this book. I thought about putting it down but stuck with it because of the glowing reviews. I’m glad that I did so, because the plot really picked up after that and things started to come together and get exciting. If this book had been this exciting throughout, I would have given it a 4.5 for the plot, but unfortunately it was not.

The Writing: The plot of this book made up for the poor writing a little bit, but not enough for me to rate it anything higher than a 3. Even though I was really enjoying the narrative in the last half of the book, I kept thinking about how much the writing bothered me. Changing perspectives of the narrator can be done well, and it was at some points of the book, but at other points it felt like the author was repeating plot points from different characters POVs without adding any new perspective or details. It felt repetitive with no real value. I also didn’t like the unnecessary details included throughout. I really didn’t need to know the exact route a character took to get where they were going or the details of what they ate today. It took up space without adding value in my opinion.  

Overall, I’m glad I read this book but I wouldn’t reread it. If the things I complained about don’t matter to you, then I could recommend this book, but it is certainly not the next “Gone Girl”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Pedophilia

an adult man jerks off while standing over a young minor girl and touches her breast while he believes she is sleeping

gabforshort's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Minor: Stalking, Animal death, and Sexual assault

mercyreads444's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia

courtneyking's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.75

Mixed feelings because the characters were so unlikeable lol, but held my attention.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Pedophilia

froggydanny's review against another edition

Turned my stomach 👍🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

    A man drinking at an airport bar meets a woman and they talk about killing his wife, she agrees to help. But why would she help him? Who is she? And will they go through with it?
 
     While this is a twisty mystery thriller with multiple POVs, none of the main characters are particularly likable. And the men are quite misogynistic and obsessed with women and sex, it was like half the men's POVs were describing the woman's bodies sexually especially the breasts and how clothes fit them. I hope all men aren’t like these men on the inside! Even the women whose POVs you got weren't likable. Basically, all the MCs were trash human beings.
 
     I only gave a high-ish rating because the overall plot was good even if the characters while detailed and complex, were unlikable, and the book had an overall misogyny to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Alcohol, Murder, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, and Vomit

literally_mint's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

graysweed's review against another edition

medium-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

2.5

Unfortunately unsatisfying. I thought this was totally average.
It had a few moments that made me squeal from the suspense, but I felt like a loooot of it was pretty boring.
The best part: Lily's backstory chapters
The worst part: All the descriptions of driving!!! I found the names of the roads & which cardinal directions they were going to be confusing & long-winded, as someone who is already from New England but directionally-challenged, lol. I just found a lot of the scenic descriptions in general to be quite boring. :P

Picked this up because I was looking for a thriller I could finish in a single day (My Sister, The Serial Killer is one I recommend) but this one took me 4 days. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
I don't think I'll be picking up the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Murder, and Pedophilia

nugsforbugs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

so good and fast paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Death, Stalking, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, and Car accident