Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

24 reviews

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

katleyn16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

valgarciq's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

jonesroni638's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

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

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

Minor: Death of parent

gojoq's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, and Violence

imraiji's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Trafficking

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

kyoto's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

the way i had to try and speed thru this book bc i had to know the ending !!!! it was frustrating and terrifying and i loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Gore, Murder, Kidnapping, Torture, Stalking, and Misogyny

altheag's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

alex_kocher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide