Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

153 reviews

av0universe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Me ha encantado si soy completamente honesta. Es el primer libro que leo de la autora y creo que empezar por el juvenil que tiene ha sido una idea acertada.

Lo que me encanta de este libro es el desarrollo de personaje de la protagonista, Effy. Pasa de ser una "niña llorona y asustada" a una mujer empoderada con sus miedos y angustias (no me gusta ponerlo de esta manera, pero creo que se entiende la idea). Ese viaje que sigue Effy para encontrarse a sí misma y sobre todo aceptarse tal como y finalmente verse como Preston la ve, fuerte, inteligente y valiente. También adoro el mundo en el que se desarrolla la trama, me parece muy rico y creo que la autora lo conoce perfectamente (aspiro a lo mismo como future autore).

La única razón por la que no es 5 estrellas es precisamente porque a veces, especialmente al inicio del libro que no entendía ni mierdas, Effy me parecía demasiado redundante en sus miedos, que aunque reales y bienfundados, me desconcertaba bastante. Ahora, creo que es extremadamente realista, todo el mundo tiene miedos y me parece maravilloso que la autora haya elegido una persona así como protagonista, no lo cambiaría por nada.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and War

freyja_rilo87's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

baileymalaylee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

it’s perfection. PERFECTION, I SAY

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

everdeeen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

Starts out a bit slow and takes you a while to get to the plot but it's very interesting! Deals with heavy topics and does it so without being traumatic, which I appreciate immensely! The plot is so interesting I kinda wanna read Angharad! Feels like a mythical novel through and through, like it could be real but also a bit distant! I liked it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

lucyhoneychurchreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

4.0

I very much liked the atmosphere of this book. A drizzly dark academic landscape filled with coffee and tweed. The writing is beautiful, evocative and lyrical at times. Overall the tone of the story is very melancholy and dark, dealing with trauma, abuse and inequality.

It’s marketed as young adult and while our protagonists are the correct age and maturity the rest of the story, writing and themes did not strike me as YA. 

I found rating this very difficult- much of the story made me angry and sad but Effy’s character development was gorgeous and overall I’m so glad I read this even if I can’t quite say I enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

codyemma's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

probablytoolate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pandorasxbox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

boomwormbrittany's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A Study in Drowning follows Effy who believes in fairytales. When she gets the chance to look over the works of the man who wrote the story she loves most, she finds herself unravelling a mystery.
This book was absolutely not for me what so ever. By the end of this book, I was so ready for it to be over and was relieved when I finished it.
First off, the main character is one of the most annoying main characters I have ever read. She cried at the drop of a hat. At one point I counted how many times she cried in a 30 minute drive I had while listening to the audiobook and it was four times. She cried over the most stupid things or teared up over stupid things. I found her to be so annoying. I also didn't believe her relationship what so ever with the main male character.
The plot was pretty weak and didn't hold my attention what so ever. There was a lot of ideas picked up then dropped. It didn't inspire any kind of interest in me as a reader.
If you are interested in reading this book, I would definitely say give it a try. This book simply wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment