Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Litani by Jess Lourey

7 reviews

dakotalayne96's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest and Rape

intoxicatedflower's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

trysarahtops's review

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

renyoi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

At the risk of sounding demented, I think this book would have benefitted from more explicitly horrifying moments. Everything was left to imagination and interpretation, which enhanced the experience for the first 70% of the book, but when I never truly know the horrors of what happened, some of the intensity and bite is taken out of the story. It could have gone further. 

That said, it was still an enjoyable, tense, mysterious read, and even though it did not have enough satanic panic-based 80s horror for me, my experience reading it was good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Forced institutionalization

kensey14's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? No

2.0

Just seemed slow. Skimmed a good quarter of the book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

ohhthehorrors's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

calistaandrechek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley, Jess Lourey and Thomas & Mercer for the free e-book in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first novel by this author, but I can honestly say after this novel that it will not be my last. I have heard amazing things about her books and now I understand why. The plot was very dark and the town was definitely messed up in so many ways, but the chapters were short and overall, it was a really quick read. I loved the characters, even the ones that come off as hateful in the beginning. This definitely has a few trigger warnings and the subject matter won't be easy for everyone to read, but the author handled it very tastefully as there was no unnecessarily graphic scenes. I also liked that the author had a note in the beginning of the novel and I highly recommend you read it. I will be getting her entire backlist promptly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault