Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Mrs England by Stacey Halls

25 reviews

fluffy1st's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse

kimseokjinschild's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

It incorporates history with a fictional storyline, creates a sense of mystery to what is happening in the England household as well as going into detail about main characters background.

However the book took a while to reach the climax, it sometimes became slow paced. It almost felt like nothing occurred for the first half of the book, I wish there was more build up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

tamara_joy's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Confinement

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

 Mrs England gave me Jane Eyre vibes with its gothic atmosphere and nanny arriving at an isolated house and the lady of the house behaving oddly opening. I enjoyed Ruby as a main character and appreciated the ratcheting tensions and shifting allegiances as she discovers more about what is happening in the England’s home. Hall brought both the Yorkshire countryside, the mill town and Hardcastle House vividly to life. Women faced many difficulties in Edwardian England, and Hall starkly depicts some of them in this story.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

jojoinabox's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

reading_ladies_blog's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

valinorqueen's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The best book I've read in years. I found myself putting down the book at the end of a chapter and staring off into space, trying to piece the puzzle together.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

kyahs's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Grief

emmasanderson's review

adventurous emotional fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

maddy_sofie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief