Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Wonderland - Země divů by Jennifer Hillier

11 reviews

assesgrass's review against another edition

5.0

WOW.

I very much enjoyed this. At first with all the characters I was worried I would get confused but in the end it all made sense and put ever piece together very well. 

This had me jumping through carnival game hoops on who the killer(s) were and I was very surprised in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

4.0

Would have been 5 stars with a content warning for the amount of heavy stuff in here.

Attempted necrophilia inspired sexual assault was not necessary to the plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

foxmulders's review against another edition

fast-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

2.0

hillier can keep me reading bc she's talented but....this one was kind of a mess. the twist at the end feels lazy and there are some Questionable character choices throughout that are gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, and Pedophilia

Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia

haleybre's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

traa's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

holln_14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

4.5

The small town of Seaside thrives off the success of the Wonderland amusement park. What's good for Wonderland is good for the town. So when a body turns up at wonderland followed by a missing person, rumors start to swirl. Vanessa Castro is new to town and is determined to not let anything at wonderland slide. Everyone has something to hide and no one wants to talk. This thriller is gripping and addicting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

lllkilli's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

covublitz's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2.0

ICK. I like the general idea of this book (

serial killer in a theme park

), but omg. 
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The trigger warning list for this book is a mile long (it would have been shorter to select what’s NOT in it), and it is WILDLY problematic. Characters are horribly unlikeable and should certainly all be in prison. The casual homophobia and transphobia are disgusting, as is the graphic and frequent pedophilia . Main character runs around with a victim mentality when she’s one of the worst of the bunch. Honestly, if they had all died I would have cheered. 
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Two stars only because I couldn’t figure out the killer right away (

thought it was going to be the original park owner/child molester and faked his death in the fire so he could continue to kidnap teenage boys and lock them in the sex dungeon he built under the park — nope. Turned out to be an incel revenge plot because the new sexual predator/CEO had rejected this dude when he got too old to be her type, so he kidnapped all the people that aged out of her abuse, put them in the OG sex dungeon because they weren’t good enough for her anyway, and murdered them when he ran out of space and needed to go grab someone else.

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Picked it up for a horror/thriller bookclub. Hate-read my way through it, then took a really long, hot shower to get the ick off my skin. This book sticks with you, and not in a good way.  Do not recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Transphobia

mysterymom40's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Excrement, and Grief

scene with a rat; body found with eaten off face; clowns mentioned; creepy doll; graphic sex scenes; female having toxic, sexual relationships with young men