Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel by Stacy Willingham, Stacy Willingham

91 reviews

filthymedusa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I think the book got more interesting toward the end with the plots twists I’d say

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

jennaviolet's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

0.5

Please don’t read this. There’s a lot of telling and no showing, no getting to the point. You can’t have all of the twists happen it makes no sense. It feels like this author read Sharp Objects, Where the Crawdads Sing, and other similar but better books and just took each plot point she liked and mixed them together. There is such a thing as too much detail. And none of these character relationships or explanations for even minor occurrences make sense or seem researched to even be plausible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Violence

bookish_ghost_girl's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A well written first novel that kept me wanting to read it. It wasn't till half way through that I started trying to guess where it was going and who was doing what.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Violence and Suicide attempt

villenview's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Classism

where_mama_book's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

decafdirtychai's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

 Another painful read about family and the horrors thereof! I think of “The Push” by Ashley Audrain. Incredible job of capturing the inherent exhaustion of being a woman. Almost five stars but not because I had trouble visualizing some scenes and the chapters were super short, like the reading equivalent of ending every sentence with an exclamation point 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

cdkm9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A good suspenseful novel that kept me guessing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

linze18's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought I knew the whole time and I never expected the big twist at the end. 

I do have a bone to pick with the author. I was immediately turned off by the big twist when the fiancé talked about how he was meeting with her dad because how could he do this but also protect his daughter. And then the main character was like I have always felt this way, that it never aligned with who I knew as my dad. Has the author ever heard from the family & friends of someone who murdered someone or abuse or assault??? It is very common for these people to be active in their communities and people usually love them or at least the version that they knew. I got really caught up in this and it distracted me from the ending real bad. I think the author could have gotten to the same ending and just have tweaked how the fiancé figured it out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

awesomepucca's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder