Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Deep by Nick Cutter

13 reviews

namirasrot's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Did not love his writing style. The first half of the book was a slog, and then I rushed through the second half hoping something redeeming would happen and I’d like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence

dog death made me cry. All I wanted was justice for her.

jgrady93's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

unlivinh's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book did a phenomenal job of instilling a sense of dread in the reader. I didn’t think it was possible for a book to make me feel claustrophobic, but The Deep did so. It was a great read and has a lot of potential for a reread. My only gripe is that female characters were not fully developed and did not get the same complexity and writing quality as the male characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia and Terminal illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

the incest/child sexual abuse comes from a scene towards the end of the book when one of the characters remembers their mother’s abuse towards them. It is not explicit nor is it penetrative sex, the character’s mother forces him to hug her while she’s naked, and it is implied that she knows it makes him uncomfortable.

shawcrit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual violence

dale1997's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual violence

c_h_arl_ie's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

jesssicawho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

duckleberryferry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

What WAS that? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

shetland_pone's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

This was really good and terrifying until somewhere close to the end where it crossed the line into so absurd it's literally hilarious. Like I don't even know what to say. At some point, maybe around 75%, I've honestly forgotten, it just started to go off the rails.

• Clayton's hand falling off like a lizard's tail and groping Luke.
• That moment when the scientist guy described his raging boner and mentioned how even his kinky ex couldn't make him that hard.
• The hand then sprouting another 7 hands and then spider scuttling over to a keypad and opening a door.
• Pretty much everything involving the bees.
• Clayton having an Einstein poster to cover up the hole.
• Luke dragging Clayton's unconscious body through a tunnel while being chased by a giant maggot with the heads of his mother, ex-wife, and missing son.
• Toy basically being flattened by the research station and 8 miles worth of water, except slowly.
• The two dogs being fused together and sucked through a supernatural sparkly goo hole while Luke cried his eyes out.

I literally just laughed at these moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mzry's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence