Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan

6 reviews

ravenph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Torture

atr1975's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Body horror, and Gore

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Vomit, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, and Alcoholism

asti_64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Police brutality and Adult/minor relationship

seeshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny informative tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

 It is such a well written crime novel. Fast paced and strong from start to finish. Each page grabs your attention and never lets go, before you know it you’re halfway through the book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can imagine myself rereading this many times in the future. This deserves nothing less than five stars for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Mental illness, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

mepitts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very much enjoyed the Philippine and Catholic context and the narrator’s accents. Struggled with the extremely detailed graphic nature of the crimes being investigated. (Seems like in these morally ambivalent days, for a protagonist to have moral authority he has to be battling some kind of “violence porn”) Even so, recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

alicelalicon's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Police brutality