Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

9 reviews

chrissydawn's review against another edition

dark tense

• 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

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

brynleigh'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

sleepydraws's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

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

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

morganm1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

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