Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Não Contes a Ninguém by Gregg Olsen

87 reviews

ohyeahshebomb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Abandonment, Violence, Addiction, Excrement, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Torture, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical trauma, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

erinhunt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

1.5

The topics in this book are heavy. This ended up being an accidental DNF as the kindle version only seemed to download to 83%. The pacing of the book was extremely slow and felt repetitive (perhaps to demonstrate cycles of abuse). The content was pretty disturbing and the story itself didn’t seem to evolve. Maybe the final 17% gave the story something more, but i’m okay with where I left off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Torture, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

twistykris's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.75

The abuse and torture so many endured at the hands of Shelly (and Dave) is absolutely horrific. A very difficult read for the content involved (PLEASE check trigger/ content warnings).

I understand how difficult it must have been to compile all of this information from multiple people, but at times the book felt very repetitive and used a lot of unnecessary metaphors. 

Also, I have

VERY little sympathy for Dave. Yes, he was abused by Shelly and being a victim of someone so terrifying can alter your mentality, I know. But you CANNOT tell me he didn't know that what she was doing was so fucking wrong. He literally shot and killed his own nephew because she told him to. He watched his wife abuse her children and grown adults. He says he didn't know bleach was bad for the skin and thought it was fine that Shelly made Ron soak his feet in boiling water and bleach?? HUH?! And the fact they're both OUT AND FREE? Disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Animal cruelty

lemonsyellow's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Physical abuse

a_lyttle_book_blog's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Bullying

ids100's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Torture, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder and Death

kinsbows's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Rape, Mental illness, Drug use, Death, Confinement, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Bullying

mghope's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Physical abuse, Child death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, and Murder

sammiepineapple's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

The book was descriptive, these children and at risk adults were certainly living a nightmare. It is scary to think about the people in the world who are truly doing these things. 

As for the book, it felt a little long winded and repetitive. I wouldn’t read it again but I’m glad I finished it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Eating disorder, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Drug use, Incest, Kidnapping, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

jenni_sunderland's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Why the fuck did no one stop this woman 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Violence, and Confinement