Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz

7 reviews

msteinhaus's review

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

A very aptly-slow burn about the pernicious effects of long-kept family secrets. I appreciated the complexity of the characters and their relationships to each other, and the clever play (including the reader) of who-knows-what-when. Laura was challenging for me, which I think speaks to the skill of the author. Thought it was a great read for me, because of some aspects of the content, I will be careful with who I recommend this to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Miscarriage and Dementia

pagesandplannersabroad's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Death of parent

laurenipsum's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and War

maviemerveilleuse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Minor: Miscarriage

cblunier's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Disturbing, depressing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

emily_madcharo's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Dementia, and Kidnapping

janeycanuck's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This sucked me almost immediately. What you think is going to consume the story - whether or not the man in the email is truly Philip - turns out to be just a minor part. What takes over quickly? The secrets of Genevieve & Robert, the observations of Noi from the sidelines, the relationship between Bea & Laura, all constantly peeling away more & more layers before finally unravelling what happened to Philip in 1972. Had I started it earlier in the day, this would have been a one-day read for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Kidnapping