Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

2 reviews

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

The pacing was so off on this one for me. I was bored the entire book and then drawn in the last 50 or so pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Vomit

ohennui's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Grief, and Miscarriage