Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Nadie te encontrará by Chevy Stevens

56 reviews

callmejes92's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

2.5

This one wasn’t for me. It reminded me a lot of Butterfly Garden which I also didn’t enjoy. I guess I don’t like the interview, retrospectively set books, since both books fall into that category. I also could not stand the redundant use of the word “doc.” Not sure why but the overly repetitive use just irked me. I also didn’t really understand the need for the whole s-x scene with the investigator. It seemed a bit out of place in the storyline and extremely far fetched for a very recent SA victim. In the famous words of the 90’s sitcom: NEXT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

5.0

This is one of the most gut wrenching books I have ever read. Just about every twist and turn absolutely wrecked me, and my heart broke for Annie with every chapter. 

I'd give anything to read it for the first time again, ngl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

akcostello678's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual assault

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

akrys40's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Murder

hbeinlich10's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I think the beginning third of this book is hard to get through. Some of the scenes are insanely graphic and just really dark. There is a certain turning point where things become more positive and the story really picks up there. I understand grounding the reader in the main character’s POV but I think the same effect could have happened with less gratuitous violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

meagsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

There were really strong moments in this book but also really weak ones. I felt a lot of emotions in the first half of the book reading about Annie’s time with her abductor. But in the second half, there were weird decisions made by characters, cringey dialogue, and relationships that didn’t click. I didn’t see the end coming but the way it came together just didn’t do it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Sexual assault

emilylikesbread's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

book__reader's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

I love the style it was written in. Very interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

To say I liked/enjoyed this book feels wrong because this book was very heavy. Let's just say this is the first ever thriller where I was shedding tears. It did take me some time to get into (about 60 pages, but after that, I was hooked) because of how the story was formatted. So, just to prepare you the story is told through therapy sessions where only the main character speaks, and in these sessions, she starts off talking about a detail/event that happened to her in the present then goes into what happened to her then it ends off with her in the present again (that's how each chapter starts and ends). The first 50-60% of this book is her (Annie) recounting what happened to her and how she escapes. And my gosh it's so heartbreaking to read. 

Something I want to point out is that I personally like how the author presented Annie's personality through how she acts and speaks because you really get a feel into the type of person she is and how this experience has shaped who she's become. I think the author did a good job in presenting what an experience like this can take from someone and something as tragic as this creates deep scars into someone; scars that may never go away. 

The rest of the novel explores the present-day investigation into who did this to her and why. Now I personally feel very indifferent towards the twist. I understood the twist, however, I understand why many people feel like it was a cop-out and that it lacked luster. Especially because I don't think we got enough closure especially pertaining to certain characters like Luke (I really felt for him; he was so kind). 

I did not like Christina and I'm glad Annie finally let her go. I can't believe she even forgave her the first time. It still leaves a bad taste in my mouth that she and Luke slept together while Annie was out being tortured by "The Freak".

  Overall, if you do think about reading this I really do suggest checking those trigger warnings. I've never cried in a thriller until I read this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Vomit, and Car accident