Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

11 reviews

coleerexx's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved this! It took a while for me to get into it because there are soooo many characters, but once I did I was hooked. I thought Moriarty did a great job handling sensitive subjects and complex feelings, and while I suspected something similar to the incident, I was still very surprised. I really want to watch the HBO show now because of the cat!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying, Rape, Trafficking, and Body shaming

blanc0s0's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Trafficking

heathermarie08's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed the the way the book was written (short chapters, different points of views, statements) and found the main characters likeable.

I couldn't figure out <who died or who did it> throughout the book. It was a nice surprise to not have a good idea until the reveal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Trafficking and Alcohol

toorsdenote's review against another edition

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

4.0

Fun mystery, in that it's sort of not a "whodunnit" but a "wait who did they kill."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, and Rape

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Trafficking

livbarry's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

This book is so, so smart in such a subtle way. I thoroughly loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Misogyny

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

lhl_spot's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying and Trafficking

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder

lauren_holtry's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

abbycrotts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS SONKUCH TIS SOOOOOOO GOOD i love the way liane moriarty writes. the book itself isnt necessarily hard its a pretty easy read i guess but that doesn’t mean it isnt written intelligently. the way she writes is so good and everything feels so real and natural. i think this book also helps give me a different look on motherhood (how its an “illness” as one of the characters says earlier i dunno who it was) and maternal relationships and family overall. the parts when the kids were going through their hardest times really hit me because i still feel like a little kid myself sometimes and desperately want to go back into someone laying in my mothers arms. also the plot twists and perfectly executed tension had me shitting and peeing my pants and gripping the walls everything about this is just so good im CRUUIIFIFGFNNBBBVVX

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Rape

julialeblancxx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Trafficking

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was just okay for me. The beginning dragged on for way too long with boring "mommy wars" stuff and annoying characters, but it did build to a thrilling pitch as the story approached a fateful night where the reader already knows something will happen... And then immediately starts dragging again after the event occurs. I think the message about domestic violence is important but this book just didn't grab me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs