Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Hold You Down by Tracy Brown

15 reviews

ameewh's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, and Murder

xereads's review against another edition

The story seemed very repetitive and redundant. It was predictable and slow paced; kind of disappointing but I couldn’t take a other 4 hours.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Drug use

mamabear10's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

It wasn’t my favorite book but got a lot of emotion from me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent

authenticakj's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

dark sad

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

4.0

Judah is more cautious like his mother (Mercy), while Deon is a risk taker like his mother (Lenox). When heartbreaking events hit them back to back, they veer off onto different life paths in this gritty tale highlighting the risks of putting a giver next to a selfish person. This was a solid but emotionally exhaustive story. It pulled my heartstrings, but I disliked that it offered little to no respite–even at the end. I felt like there was actually too much foreshadowing, because I guessed sad, pivotal plot points beforehand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

shea_buttah's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

destheesquire's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

mabonner's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Rape, Violence, Grief, and Murder

cleches's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

d0505's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness