Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

175 reviews

julianna_schock's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Body shaming

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

0.25

What was that ending?

This book started out pretty shaky BUT I was won over by the amazing work of the narrator. She had a way of narrating things so that the banter and characters flowed in a way that the prose didn’t. I will also credit the book with the fact that Poppy felt like an 18-year-old girl scrabbling for control in her own life. The themes and exploration of them was interesting. Poppy’s character lent to these themes and it was fairly well done. Aside from that, the foreshadowing as fairly well done.

What really tanked this book for me was the last quarter of the book roughly. While it was declining slightly before the twist was revealed, that’s what destroyed the book for me. Everything about the characters and who they were felt like it vanished. Their actions stopped making sense and while I thought some changes after the reveal of the twist were well some, most didn’t. I stopped understanding Poppy and her actions. I found myself so frustrated with her and what she was doing that it tanked the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Cursing, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Grief, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, Physical abuse, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, and Child abuse

cdoubet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Genocide, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

romantasy_mama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

haylurone's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment

samara__don's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I love this book hehe. Good for Poppy trying to figure out what she wants. Shes actually so tough i wanna be like her. loved poppy and ‘Hawkes’ relationship.

I was really sad when Rylan and Victor died.

I want Tawny to come backkk. Some spicy scenes. WOAH, the plot twists at the end i was not expecting but they were so good.

the way Casteel still protects her (i know its for leverage but whatever). Off to the next book for the wedding :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gore, Blood, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

beebowbabe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. The relationships between characters are fun and believable. The system is fascinating, and although the plot is a bit predictable, there is still plenty of surprises. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and War

kateybell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Super horny. Even with only two explicit scenes most of this book is focused on the main character’s physical desires. Despite that there is a genuinely interesting plot hidden somewhere in there. And characters with interesting histories and motives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Sexual content

hannahdanielle2's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Body shaming

butilikeit's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Confinement