Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

51 reviews

miamcmillan's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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at least my 11th reread bc it never gets old neil josten i love you 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry

carlyisnotliterate's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent

frenchave03's review against another edition

4.75

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

reads_cats's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

illusmal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i love this series yet hate it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

e_gracereads's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I cannot, in good conscience, give this book a 5 star read because, like all of her books, it’s probably objectively not good. Does that stop me from going absolutely apeshit crazy over it? Absolutely not. I love this book. I love this dumb trilogy. Kevin Day is the light of my life and no I will not be taking questions at this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

mrx99's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Just reread it and this book is honestly so great.
The story is exiting and the characters are just so damn lovable. But it also makes you think about your own life. Am I Running away from something? Do I let people in or do I close myself off? Do I ask for help when I need it? Am I okay? Can I change my future? Am I living my life?
It also shows how people react differently to trauma and how they deal with it. 
And just a little fyi Wymack is my absolute favourite character 
Best found family book 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While the ending left a lot of loose ends, the book ended in a way where I didn't necessarily need to tie up all the different subplots. It leaves a lot to the imagination, not to mention Nora's extra content on Tumblr.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent

foxgloveinspace's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Torture

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault

victorxvale's review against another edition

1.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis