Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Die verborgenen Stimmen der Bücher by Bridget Collins

237 reviews

elodiethefangirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Rape

sian_grace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

samgerv's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Long story short, it was a cute romance with fantasy elements, interesting twists and such. But it was just way too slow, my eyes kept wondering, I couldn't focus.
I started it as an audio book but I would just stop listening cause it was not able to keep my attention. I had to get the physical copy of the book and basically forced myself to get through it.
I liked the story overall but it was too slow for me, and although a lot of thing  happened, at the same time there was so little action or movement to the story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Rape

looking4thedr's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Bridget Collins writes wonderful descriptions that border on poetry, I could always perfectly picture the scene and moment I was reading.

This story is a tragedy with  painful moments, which makes the happier moments precious and important. I was absorbed in the story right at the first line, which was helped, in part, to the narrator Carl Prekopp, whose voice breathed life into these characters who felt like real people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Minor: Rape

c_lizziebeth's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.25

The text itself is so all over the place: mature and literary and trying to be poetic and then trashy and plain and funny and YA. It was a wonderful concept and a wild read, to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Grief, Violence, and Vomit

maggie1903's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

This books was an absolutely fantastic read. Note that part one is difficult to get through and the main character is unlikeable for the start of the book, but I promise if you piwer through it is well worth is.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

xbeka56x's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

coffee_and_wool's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Outing, Suicide, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Incest, and Pedophilia

sannesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

This book was darker than I thought. Would recommemd to check trigger warnings before reading. This book was very atmospheric and perfect for autumn/winter. This book is also heavy on the (gay) romance side, so you might like this if you are into those romantacy stories.

I was so excited about the premise of this book! Unfortunately, i ended skim reading a large portion of this book, especially the last part. It was just too slow and I didn't care anymore. I also didn't know this would be so romance heavy. It doesn't say clearly in the synopsis. However, I do enjoy some romantacies and part 2 was cute, but overall this was not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Violence

areen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Gaslighting, Suicide, Homophobia, and Sexual assault