Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia

11 reviews

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual harassment

hailstorm3812's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

This has such great characters and vibes that it carries it through a lackluster mystery. I love Louise and her friends and journey, and the rich painting the author set. I do wish structurally the second half had gotten another editing pass. It started to feel like things were just happening without adding more to the mystery or raising the stakes.

I really don't think Celia had to die. Louise was already desperate to stop him and on to him, and didn't need extra motivation and her ouiji plan was so odd. I feel like we set up some mystery around Celia's boy and Josie's disappearances and her original kidnapping that we were going to play into but didn't. I think kidnapping one or both of the twins would have been better to up the stakes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

heather667's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and War

kendal_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture and Death of parent

spacebeyonce's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I love a good mystery but myyyyyy God did this one hurt my feelings. I was hanging onto every word, this was gripping!! With every new death my gut sank along with Louise's. And Louise as a MC is great! She'  rough around the edges, stubborn and smart and quick to anger, not wanting to just be remembered for her trauma. And underneath all that, a big heart. I ached for Louise and really felt for her, being dragged into this case when she wants to just mind her business and live her life in some semblance of peace. I hope she gets that someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

lovelynovellas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

DNF at 46%

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

Great atmosphere and setup, loved the characters. Unfortunately very slow, and somewhat repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Hate crime and Racial slurs

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Murder

becksreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual violence

akaseofyou's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Good debut, looking forward to seeing Louise in more stories :)

Really would like to see more of a personality carved out for Rosa Maria. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder