Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Pasaku stāstnieks by Antonija Mihaēlisa, Antonia Michaelis

4 reviews

lauralee_lu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

ashybear02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

tak_everlasting's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Drug use and Self harm

bookshelfsos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.5

I really liked the plot and characters of The Storyteller, but the dreamy writing style felt like it held me back from connecting emotionally sometimes. The interludes of the fairy tale took up too much of the book, especially at the beginning. Once the fairy tale segments started to dry up and we started to spend time in the real world, the pace of the book picked up a lot for me. 

I thought Anna was a pretty boring narrator. Her "good girl" persona was just maybe too relatable to me? I think a lot of women can probably relate to having a crush on a mysterious "bad boy", so I suppose it was pretty realistic. Maybe it just struck too close to home. However, I do wish Abel had been given his own POV sections or something. The mysteries around his character was pretty much the only thing getting me through the story, but

the revelation that he was a hustler

felt like it could have had more emotional impact if we'd been able to get his perspective - feel the dread and shame that he must have been feeling.

Same goes for subsequent revelations: they didn't exactly fall flat, but the impact was a little blunted by learning about them through Anna's dreamy, rose-colored glasses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence and Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, and Self harm