Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah

19 reviews

mariekemarit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Verwarrend, gecompliceerd en zeker focus nodig, maar moeilijk weg te leggen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

ravenhaven's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape

aeverett's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.25

It’s an okay book. The overall premise of the mystery hooked me from  the jump and then it was all down hill from there. 

The main character was unrealistic and unsubtle in so many ways. The progression of

her developing suspicions to her basically stalking every other character was 0 to 100% in 30 seconds

and it makes no sense. you could chalk this up to writing style, but I’ve never disliked a character so much before. I don’t think I was ever rooting for her as a singular character, except maybe at the very beginning. Even by chapter 2 I was hoping she failed in her endeavors and would never get her answers.

Whatever you think is happening in the book, I can almost guarantee it’s more interesting than what’s actually happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Murder

jessellisx's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Murder

iffygeneia's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Alcohol

ruthdaniell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Rape

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Repetitive. My lort, so repetitive. 

This could have been so much better. All of the building blocks were there to make this a phenomenal thriller - instead, it was 200 pages of useless dribble leading up to a less than climactic twist and a sub par ending. 

Zannah is a champ. We love Zannah. 
And Tilly. 

I went into this really hoping for some weird, Sci-fi esque story about clones and ended up with a pretty upsetting (and not in a good way) domestic abuse story. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

spenny21's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

 This was fucking weird. It was a fine book. The beginning was a bit repetitive, the middle totally grabbed me and I was excited to read it, and then for me the end flopped. (Physical) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Rape

whitap's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

syddug's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage