Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

10 reviews

vanessa_1's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It was one of best books I have ever read. There is an amazing plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing

kataya09's review against another edition

1.0

Yeah. I hated this book. Idk if it was the writing, the content, how things went down, etc. I was going to put it down multiple times but that’s my toxic trait, I don’t DNF. I just switched to the audio. That’s the only reason I finished. This was clear not edited well and I’m pretty sure this could have just been taken directly from her wattpad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

samantha7815's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lucymae0515's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Infidelity

itzelleanos11's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

OH BROTHER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

bellbell's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

katelyn_readss's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

this book scared the poop outta me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

jk_lm's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book was really upsetting to me. Please look up trigger warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

vmpalauf's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I was expecting a lot more, it didn't really surprise me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

riyket75's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Honestly this book was really really good. It may be the fact that I finished it at 1 in the morning but I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. It's the type of book that makes me afraid to walk to the bathroom in the dark and that it something that I love. 

This book may have some major plot holes and grammar errors, and yeah, it read like a wattpad book, but I still loved it. The characters were well built in my opinion, and I loved the flashbacks and the insight that I was given with them like

Rose is Shannen, the girl Clover wanted to marry

. I enjoyed seeing what was happening with the other people and what had happened to lead up to everything. I felt as though I really knew the a lot of the characters and understood why they were did what they were doing. The one thing that I wish I could've had was more of her relationship with her family, not just her boyfriend but it wasn't that big of a deal.

Overall:

goods: 
- characters
- thriller aspect
- psychological aspect that become apparent as I read
- multiple points of view
- flashbacks from multiple characters

bads:
- plot holes

a pocket knife can't kill someone by stabbing them once....

- grammar issues, but it wasn't horrid
- how mental health was discussed
     "No one's that OCD" ummm yeah they can be actually 

Overall I would rate this a solid 4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Stalking, and Pregnancy