Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

109 reviews

sammyjean15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Was hooked from the first page till the last. Zero effort was needed for me to finish this book. Phenomenal Plot and Storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kimmytanzone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mckinleyelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

readingryleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Overall I really enjoyed the book as a whole but found some pieces not written well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

jessdoctor's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia

gillzzzo's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.0

Very well written book and sad/creepy storyline. For some reason I didn’t find it as thought provoking as I was hoping it would be, which was slightly disappointing but that was probably just an expectations thing. 

Overall a good book, but didn’t change anything about my worldview or anything

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, and Abandonment

lcampbell1003's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

This book is veryyyyyyyyy dark. Be forewarned. It is not a thriller, it is *horror*. Sometimes the horror and trauma was gratuitous, not because it was overtly described, but just because the whole situation was just layer upon layer of fucked up shit.

The way the novel was written kept me invested. Back and forth between first person account and third person as told via interviews with FBI detectives who added the needed levity and warmth to balance things a bit. 

This was an interesting one! 🙃

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

snickells's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

britanielanea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

The book and plot was interesting enough to finish. The part with the young girl was enough to make me almost dnf. I felt it was unnecessary to the plot. I don't like when an author writes the most hideous, dark,and disturbing things for a shock factor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

emcrebbs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping