Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

25 reviews

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The Cellar by Natasha Preston was heartbreaking and full of suspense. I don’t find myself to be easily triggered, but even I had moments of severe discomfort while reading this book, so I want to make it very clear that if you’re considering reading it, definitely check out the content warnings before you do. This story is creepy and though it makes an important point to stare on multiple occasions how wrong it is, there is a lot of uncomfortable content here given that our main character is only 16/17 and the man who kidnaps her is in his 30s. I think this content is so unsettling because it isn’t watered down and it isn’t presented to make it palatable. It’s supposed to make you uncomfortable because of how awful the situation is, and it does that almost too well. This book is really fast-paced, and while the timeline gets a little confusing jumping back and forth while chasing perspectives, it was still an enjoyable read. I don’t honk it is my favorite by Preston, but it certainly was a dark, psychological suspense worth reading if you can get past the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Stalking

kalilovescrystals's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

held off reading the for a while but after reading it I was honestly surprised.  I wasn’t sure about the concept when I read the flower part though at first but it all made sness in the end. I loved how the dates where incorporated and we got different POVs. Though the ending was happy, I didn’t like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

srkubin717's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

candinicole's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

beth_s98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

It was a well written and well crafted story, I just didn’t think it was for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

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

savannahcook's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

solid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Vomit, Stalking, and Abandonment

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

llscholar's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, 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