Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel

88 reviews

sridevi93's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

lesliehirgelt's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

I was looking for something lighthearted, quick, and easy to read, and this did meet those criteria. However, I felt the writing style was more appropriate to a story about high school-age characters, maybe even younger. For a story about adults, presumably in their mid-20s (ish) and into professional careers, the language choice was often eyebrow-raising (saying things like "crap" instead of "shit"; calling someone of the parents' generation "old man," etc.) and felt immature. I kept reading because I became invested in the story and liked the characters, but the juxtaposition of adult characters with immature language choice made it difficult.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

sowm's review against another edition

2.0

I did like the romance aspect. Hated almost every other part of it though. I thought Liya was great. Hated her parents. Hated basically all the parent's except for Jay's mom. I thought this would be a lighthearted romance novel, but it was darker than that. I also think that generally, the execution could have been better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault

raina_61's review against another edition

4.25

Fan-fucking-tastic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

zoiebell's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

bandysbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A love story of two people who have experienced a lot of trauma. They must learn to trust each other and that leads into a deeper than normal romance story. I liked that this book talked about actual real issues 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

renaaa_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was an amazing book. The FMC and MMC are both non traditional in their very traditional Indian community. The FMC is ostracized from her community, but she still makes an effort to show up for her loved ones. The relationship between the two main characters was really authentic and I love that they both help each other grow and handle their grief/trauma. TW for SA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

susanknights's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

hannah_clover's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

hannnahk's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship