Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

54 reviews

chelseaabu1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

allie93kat's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

anjh's review against another edition

i felt so uncomfortable and dirty reading this, as if i was there with the girls. Clover is completely utterly revolting and disgusting and everything he thinks and says just shows how sick of a person he is. the book was so gripping but i just didn’t want to subject myself to the harm of continuing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

arianna21's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

_cleanreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

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

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, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

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

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