Reviews tagging 'Rape'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

78 reviews

mrdz93's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It was okay. It was underwelming at times and could've been better. 
The writing was very simplimatic and not very descriptive, but it never dragged and the story kept me entertained. If you need something to binge read then you'll probably like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder and Confinement

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

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: Kidnapping and Mental illness

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

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

anika_tureson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book was super fun to read and always wanted you to go back and keep reading. Its tense and shocking with some things that happen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Gaslighting, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

historybabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

abbycohen03's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

3.75

Every chapter had you glued to the book wanting to read another chapter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

courtneybrooke's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

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

bubblepricks's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

I finished this book in a couple hours, I do not feel like it was “slow paced” as it’s categorized. I hated reading from Lewis’s perspective, he’s super boring- but I also get why his perspective was important to the story. It was fine, I guess? 
I wish that for such a *heavy* plot it had a little more character development & soul. It felt more like reading someone else’s story about a horrible thing than actually feeling it from inside the cellar- from the girl’s perspectives. Like there was so much blood, gore, assault, & shock value on top that it didn’t bother diving any deeper. I wanna know more about the girls, we get summer’s perspective of living with them for nearly a full year & still know almost nothing about them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Gaslighting, Vomit, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Stalking

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Suicide

Minor: Stalking and Sexism