Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

9 reviews

klb77's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked this a lot! An inner child deep in my heart feels pretty powerful after the fact, definitely check content warnings to see if it’s a story for you. I’m intrigued to see where it could go from here 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Infertility

crieraylax's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Blood, Death, and Murder

eviehayes's review

Permanently DNFed

This put me in a terrible mindset

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

space_bandit's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Gore, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Rape

Minor: Suicide and Infertility

maple_dove's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual content

Victim blaming, "Boys will be boys," leering, discussion of sex, lookism

faefires's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

After reading The Treatment by Young, I had completely written her off. The premise of this book interested me though, so I gave her another chance. She’s definitely improved, but the book is honestly sort similar. An totalitarian government/business is controlling young minds to be happy and compliant…whatever. If she has a lane, that’s fine.
   This book has good themes. Sisterhood, feminism, agency, all good. They’re not subtly delivered at all, but the setting doesn’t really allow for subtly when the whole concept is a school designed to breed female subservience. The romance plotline was barely present and unnecessary, you could replace Jackson with a house plant and the story would be the same. It also cheapens the message: it’s all about female empowerment but they need outside help from a man?
  Overall this book was a fast read that didn’t require much thought, it was entertaining and I finished it in two sittings. Won’t be picking up the sequels, this could have easily been a stand-alone.
  Overall, an okay book. Enjoyable, nothing revolutionary. The Handmaids Tale, but make it teen thriller! Read it if you want to, you’ll probably like it. But if you want nuance and feminism  in a similar world, just pick up Margaret Atwood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Suicide

very_offkey_kazoo's review

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I couldn’t put it down; I read it from cover to cover in three hours.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, and Rape

mikaylamurphy42's review

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

jaec11's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars

This book was gripping, disturbing, and painful in such an emotional way. It's going to take me a while to process it. It's heartbreaking and stunning and completely took me by surprise. My heart is still racing from the plot twists and chaos of this book. If you enjoyed the backstory of The Queen's Gambit (the orphanage and drug part) then you NEED to read this. 

PG-13+ for language, violence, gore, and abuse. Trigger warning for emotional, physical, and slight sexual abuse

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault