Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan

21 reviews

writtenjems'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? Yes

4.0

Dervla McTiernan earned my first 4 star rating of 2023 with this well written, intriguing crime thriller. Complex characters, corruption, secrets...this book does touch on many triggering subjects such as sexual assault, child abuse, murder, suicide, pregnancy loss--read with cautions. 

Overall a provoking read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Murder

katmeredith's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage

habitualrereader'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Abortion

leebeeloves's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

carlytenille's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

narbine's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.75

It was a confusing ass plot and so many characters I couldn't differentiate. ACAB. 

Apparently the book is the start of a series and this stood fine on it's own. I won't be reading another.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Abortion

placebogirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse and Rape

nike13's review

3.0

 This was a heavy book, lots of really horrible things uncovered about the police force and the children of the area going back decades all for our Cormac to discover and solve. Honestly by the 2/3rds point I wanted to stop after finding out the why of the decades old mystery but I was invested and needed to know how things tied into the current mystery. Also, there was the unwanted pregnancy of dead lover trope that I hate every time it's in a story. Like there wasn't enough already going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abortion, and Pregnancy

kzeender's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

I listen to this book for the pop sugar challenge choose a TBR book at random. I knew nothing about this book and I'm not even sure how I owned it. But I'm so glad I listened to it. The narrator did a great job. The mystery kept me going. In general mysteries and thrillers are never five stars for me, but this one definitely kept me intrigued the whole time. There is discussion about child abuse in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

winniefoster's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Violence