Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

3 reviews

julieyael's review

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

Lovely haunting mystery, anchoring supernatural to our world. A bit gothic, a bit fantastic, a bit creepy. 
I would have loved it more with less teenage characters (harder for me to identify as I am over 40), but it would have worked less, I guess. 
I couldn’t put the book down so that’s a good sign☺️
Not rating higher because of some details that annoyed me, and the romance which I don’t really care for. The characters are interresting, even if a bit simplistic/stereotyped. 
I loved the global rythm of the story and could re-read it with pleasure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

angrynerd's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Emotional abuse

ilaxaria's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, and Death of parent