Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

12 reviews

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

lnezzy16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Genocide, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

crowbiz's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

ariana3's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

I kinda liked this! A murder-mystery thriller that seemed kinda stupid but I was determined to finish it.

A girl's best friend was supposedly murdered right in front of her when they were teens, by her maybe boyfriend. It was always a mystery and she was plagued by it, with family and professionals calling her crazy. Turns out the maybe-boyfriend had used hypnosis to trick/manipulate her and found a way to use it to kill her friend and others. She obviously forgets the tactics (because he hypnotizes her to), but she eventually remembers. The "house in the pines" was never a real place like he said, just him putting the image (along with smells, feels, and tastes) into her brain to lull her into his hypnosis trap. She's justified in the end, so she can move on, though it doesn't have much closure in the way it deals with him (just that an arrest should be coming soon...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

fkshg8465's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book more than others. It’s a topic of fascination to myself. Not sure I’d want to explore how possible it is, but it made for an easy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

amandas_bookshelf's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Police brutality and War

keelsrn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and War

dfrancis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting

susie_bee's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

n_degeorgia's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting