Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Sinner by Shantel Tessier

144 reviews

jessblibrarys's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.75

This book was too much for me.

There was too much miscommunication between Sin and Elli which made the book 2x longer than it shouod have been.

This book would've been wonderful if it was 300 pages but there was about 150 pages that I had to skim read in order to keep my sanity, which I don't like doing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

curlymunroe's review against another edition

These books take so long to get anywhere, with so much focus on the sex scenes.  I have listened to dark romance, but this is just too much.  I found myself FFWDing through a lot of the sex scenes, so much forced situational SA, even from a guy who says he loves the girl.  In my mind, I was asking myself how much more can this girl take? I understand that these books take awhile to get to the point, but 18 hours is a huge commitment with little or no hope of something happening.  I might come back to it.  Not sure.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

alyssasmith917's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

ivyreadstoomuch's review against another edition

2.5

Okay… this one wasn’t as fun as the first book. It was actually dark. It was 600 pages of Elli being brutalized and retraumatized and Easton made it so much worse for her. 
I think I could’ve still enjoyed this book for what it was if Elli wasn’t breaking apart the whole time. Unlike the first book, this one felt firmly placed in real life. There were little fantastical elements beyond the secret society aspect. The rest of it felt like a ripped from the headlines SVU episode. Reading about Elli’s life just made me sad. She abused drugs and alcohol, she frequently put herself in high risk situations, she was passively suicidal. It was depressing as fuck to read. The first book was thrilling and exciting, and no real sexual violence happened to the FMC. I cannot say the same for Elli. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Trafficking

ielliie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

katelyndunne01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

jellyfish0527's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

aliciamarie66's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction

lokidotter's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have to say that Sin has my heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug abuse

bookedupchick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol