Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

30 reviews

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This one had me up until three a.m. reading!! I love a good dark academia murder mystery/thriller, especially with dual timelines, and a narrator that you’re not sure you can trust.

The writing and pace was so perfect for the material. Half of the book is set in current day, during the ten year college reunion of a group of friends at their prestigious North Carolina university. Ten years after one of those friends was murdered, still a cold case. Who did it, and why? That’s just what this homecoming weekend is for finding out. The other half is told in snippets from the past, what happened before and after Heather was killed, who had motive, who was hiding secrets.

Only, everyone was hiding secrets.

To me, the whole book kinda read like the last two episodes of the original Gossip Girl season one, just add more sinister vibes and definitely some Scream vibes. Everyone is a suspect, everyone is hooking up with people they shouldn’t be, everyone is lying to someone they love. Everyone is pretending to be something they’re not. 

While I guessed the killer before it was revealed, I still had a lot of fun with this one. The book is full of characters you love to hate, lives you wish you could steal, until someone ends up—as they usually do—dead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Car accident

abeavs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

The six worst people you ever met reunite at a college reunion and shit hits the fan. It’s like a competition to see who can fuck the others over the most. Still a page turner and easy read with some fun twists.

I hope I am never unlucky enough to have a friend as bad as Jess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Fire/Fire injury

mthornburg13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

Like if "If We Were Villians" was about Greek life. Good twists but somewhat predictable after a point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

rinakei's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

cannibaldear's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, and Death of parent

marpaige's review

adventurous dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

heyjude1600's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sam_i_am's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail