Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

85 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Grief, Racism, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Xenophobia

mstout23's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

blueyogi's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Incest, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

lindseycmoore's review against another edition

DNF. I liked Deans pov and him discovering new things about Paris, but I really was not invested in the story as a whole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

kschaeffer6's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Emotional abuse

hmstumfoll's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Addiction, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, and Dementia

_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Drug use and Dementia

swell_gal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

jo__reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

micaelamariem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

We all know by now I’m not the biggest thriller fan but I have actually liked a few in the past year! This, unfortunately, was not it. The main thing was I found it so predictable—and I’m normally never right about these things whereas here I called all the twists. Plus there is a lot of SA in the book which I suppose added to it, but it started to get too detailed for me and could be very triggering for other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Racism, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt