Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Dead Man Walking by Giana Darling

3 reviews

namaya's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.75

I saw this on tiktok as a must read. It’s prt of a series and supposedly okay to read as a stand-alone, but I don’t recommend doing that. I didn’t read the other books and I was so lost in some parts when they discussed other characters. I feel like the plot was okay as a stand-alone but the characters have history that isn’t discussed, maybe briefly mentioned and maybe if I knew about them in previous books I’d like this one better. It is EXTREMELY dark and touches on some very difficult topics that are not for everyone. I didn’t find myself connecting to any of the characters and most of the time I was like WTF. Like I said, very very dark book definitely not for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

cinnaron's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Trafficking

r1vana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy

TW: graphic explicit content; self-harm; kidnapping; dark religious views; childhood abuse; torture; murder