Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Flowers in the Attic, by V.C. Andrews

22 reviews

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Grief, Death, Car accident, Incest, Child death, and Abandonment

greenrequiem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Incest, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

claudia_rose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

the feeling i have when i read v.c andrews is akin to the sensation of waking up after an unsatisfactory nap where your body temperature is slightly too high, you have a dull headache and you're totally disorientated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

jessicafacchinigould's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Incest, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

mbryo's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

The author wrote so passionately in defense of incest you'd think they were incestuous themself 😭 VERY well-written though, and a compelling (albeit nauseating) read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Incest, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Child death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Torture, Abandonment, Murder, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism, Medical content, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexism, Body shaming, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

marlitharn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was not good* but I get what Nicole Dollanganger is on about now so that's nice. 
*Not as bad as I was expecting though, and I found the melodrama & ways the characters speak to be kind of endearing rather than annoying like everyone else seems to think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Murder and Sexism

jrtiger's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Incest, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Child death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Animal death

arangele's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Child death

castawaycove's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

i remember my dad got me a copy of this book ages ago and i dont remember reading it but i remembered like the beginning and one scene that ended up being right near the end so clearly i read the entire book at some point and it was just completely wiped from my memory but it was pretty good i really liked the writing the beginning was really slow but once i was like 40% through it started picking up and it was a good halloween read it wasn’t creepy but it was very disturbing and gross

Spoiler

like chris and cathy .. ew and then i googled the sequels and read the plots of all of them and they actually end up getting married and having a life together it's crazy the plots of the rest of the books r INSANEEEE this plot was just like oh nooo we r locked in the attic and we're not getting sunlight or enough food 😟 i'm making it sound bad it wasn't it was just tame compared to the rest of the series apparently .. when it turned out that the mum was poisoning them and not the grandmother i gasped and when cory died i gasped too but i don't know why because he was the one with the least personality it was pretty obvious he was gna die

this book is sigmund frueds dream come true

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

jessmilward's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Car accident