Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

129 reviews

fennyisreding's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Incest, Violence, Death, Stalking, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Violence, and Toxic friendship

hayyyyyden's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

amisk23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Grief

alexismoodie's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

blyndwolf's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

review soon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

paulina_laukova's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Car accident

ericahobar's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, and Murder

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Torture, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

lucifer_morningstar13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I enjoyed this one! I will say though that it started out slow, and it took me about a day after starting to really get back into it. I got this from Book of the Month club though and since I own it and I enjoyed The Silent Patient, I went on to finish it. I'm glad I finished it though. I would say it's slow to medium-paced, and I tend to enjoy faster-paced books, but I enjoyed the story that unfolded and trying to guess who did what. I actually guessed it towards the beginning of the book but then changed my prediction to someone else, and ended up being wrong! It's always fun to correctly guess who did it in a psychological thriller/mystery/etc., but it's also a sign of a good writer when you fall for the red herrings and aren't able to guess. 
The big reveal at the end was shocking and awful, poor Marianna... 
I also enjoyed the fact that

Spoiler

there was reference made to The Silent Patient!!! That was really cool and now I want to go back and re-read The Silent Patient with the new knowledge of how all of that began!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

ekclar's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Murder, Child abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment