Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

24 reviews

navyredrose's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

nozycozy's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

RTC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Confinement, Death, Cursing, and Grief

literatebird's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

chasingpages1's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, and Stalking

thedambookshelf's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

eshanicole's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was enthralling, poetic, mysterious, and somehow comforting. 

Orquidea is a matriarch full of magic and secrets. When she transitions, she blesses her family with gifts they don’t quite understand. Years later, a mysterious man comes to stalk them, and the cousins must band together to save their family, and get answers to the secrets that were held for years. 

I loved the physical book, but the narrator in the audio book really took this story to the next level for me. I would highly recommend this for anyone who enjoyed Encanto. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

cowboylikestoread43's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

thewildmageslibrary's review

4.0

This story was really intriguing! I had no expectations going in and it really caught me up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Child death, Racism, Pregnancy, Stalking, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death

jamie_reads_stuff's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

madmantha's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book. I highly recommend seeing if your local library has the audiobook as well. 

I’ve now reread it multiple times and enjoy it more and more each reading. It’s such a poetic and circular story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Body horror

Moderate: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Genocide, Outing, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Ableism, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Deadnaming, Deportation, Gun violence, Self harm, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse