The Tension of Opposites
Book • 2010 • Thriller
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One of the characters, Elle Pendleton, is sexually abused after being kidnapped at around age 13. The book itself does not sexualize her, and the man who took her does not appear outside of being referenced to by, Elle, her friend, her family, and the news, although it is stated that Elle had exploitation material made of her.
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It's never outright stated, but one of the main characters was raped, which is likely to cause genital trauma.
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Is there domestic violence?
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The characters involved in this scene are not completely nude, but there is a scene where the main character and her boyfriend are shirtless I'm bed together. Another character also mentions people thinking about ‘[a man’s] nude body on top of [hers]’.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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One of the characters, Elle Pendleton, is sexually abused after being kidnapped at around age 13. The book itself does not sexualize her, and the man who took her does not appear outside of being referenced to by, Elle, her friend, her family, and the news, although it is stated that Elle had exploitation material made of her.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone cheat?
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Elle's boyfriend cheats on her with his ex, and it's implied that he was cheating on his ex with Elle before he broke up with her.
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Is someone stalked?
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Before she's kidnapped, Elle is stalked by the man who kidnapped her.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Although an actual sex scene is not shown, Elle directly says to Tessa that she's going to lose her virginity to her boyfriend.
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Elle's kidnapper was stalking her before he abducted her.
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Is there addiction?
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There is no addiction, but there are several instances of drug use.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Although it's not outright stated, Elle is heavily implied to have PTSD. She is not violent towards others, but she does lash out at other people sometimes, which shows a common symptom of PTSD known as hyperarousal.
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It's not shown explicitly, but towards the end of the book, Elle tells Tessa that Charlie had abducted other children before her and murdered them. She also states that he had planned to do the same to her before she escaped.
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Is there a large age gap?
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One of the main characters is a girl who was kidnapped and raped around age thirteen by an adult man.
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Does someone die?
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Although not shown, Elle's kidnapper is murdered in prison, and Elle says that he killed other children before he abducted her and that he was planning to kill her before she escaped.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone drugged?
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Elle steals sleeping pills and laces her kidnapper's food with them.
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Does a family member die?
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It's not shown, but Tessa and Elle talk about the night that Tessa’s grandpa passed away.
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Someone is sexually assaulted, but it is not shown.
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