Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Little Sister by Gytha Lodge

7 reviews

mel_j's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Medical content and Addiction

sleepyeggo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

cokester's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, and Bullying

kendra_sonogal's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming and Death of parent

jodunn_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.0

I was fortunate enough to be given an arc of Little Sister in exchange for a review!

This book opens with a girl, Keely, coming out of the woods covered in blood. She mentions that her sister, Nina, is missing, and Keely will eventually disclose her location. A team of detectives race to find Nina before it’s too late. 

I went into this book absolutely loving the premise. I really enjoy thrillers that are based on a simple, nail-biting idea that keeps you guessing until the end. 

Ultimately, I found a lot of the end twists slightly unbelievable. I also found it strange that the police seemed relatively comfortable letting a young girl play with them while her sister is seemingly injured or dead. 

Keely ends up relaying a very horrifying story of systemic abuse at the hands of many men and the foster care system, and you spend the entire book guessing whether this is actually the truth or not. I think that the narrative shines a light on how the system does uphold the abuse of children in many cases. 

However, I had trouble following Keely’s and Nina’s characterization.

especially after Keely and Nina essentially switch roles in the end

There are a lot of characters in this story, and I didn’t really feel like any of them got enough attention. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

estherb's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

5.0

Not having read any of the earlier DCI Jonah Sheens novels I was a bit worried I wasn’t going to be able to follow the characters in this fourth instalment, but luckily this reads as a standalone novel which I struggled to put down.

The characters are well developed and I must admit my opinions of then sisters changed constantly; they really challenged me - in a good way! Callum too was a great addition to the plot.

I loved the way the narrative switched between interview style in the third person whilst Jonah was interviewing Keeley, to the narrative in the first person when DS Hanson was rewatching the transcripts and videos.

Usually I am good at seeing twists in stories - well not in this case. They totally took me unprepared.

A gritty novel: some parts were a bit hard to read and covered tough subjects. Definitely one I wouldn’t want to miss out on 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Bullying