Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Kill For Me Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

17 reviews

laurrelise's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

tschwedii12's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility and Injury/Injury detail

ariella_chukwu's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization

joybeljera's review

dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Murder

clara01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is my first thriller book and whilst I liked it, I found it hard to connect with the book when there were 5 different POVs. The book started quite slow and had a lot of filler chapters, I only really got invested towards the end of the book. The plot twists were great though and I'm glad I finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

amlegomo's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

wintrygarden's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

I enjoyed the read and found it very gripping, but found one of the twists and turns a little TOO unbelievable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amirahazhar's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

4.0

What a ride! So many twists and turns, I was completely enthralled. At times, some parts of the plot didn't seem realistic but still addictive regardless. This is my first Cavanagh book and he's a fantastic writer so I'm excited to read his other work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

theinstabookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I love me a good serial killer thriller! This was unique and twisty. There were a lot of characters and I didn't want to put the book down until I figured out how they were all connected. I did figure out one of the twists, but that didn't take away from my reading experience at all. There were a few pulse-pounding chapters that had me on the edge of my seat, but I also felt for the MC and her grief. So glad I picked this as one of my BOTM picks this month! Do be mindful of trigger warnings though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, and Self harm

hey_abijo's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

Women reeling from severe loss and trauma take us along for the ride on their hunt for vengeance. The story is based on this premise: two women, connected only by their shared suffering and constant grief, agree to swap murders— but their plans go haywire. Multiple engaging POVs, some clichès and predictability, moderate suspense, and many plot twists. Author Steve Cavanagh knows how to write suspense and mystery, but his skills are less aptly applied in matters of artful detail, emotion, sensitivity, and tact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

The author is not sensitive in his relaying of details that are highly uncomfortable and triggering. Mentions of kidnapping, rape, child sexual abuse, pedophilia, stalking, violent attacks, and murder are blunt and recurring.