Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke

11 reviews

pvp_niki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Colonisation, Abortion, and Alcohol

syellico's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape

sosh91's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

After sitting with this book for a while I feel I may have rated it too harshly at the beginning.

The imagery this book created was beautiful, it’s an easy page turner and it reignited my love for the power of the ocean and the secrets it keeps. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Animal death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Confinement

dmswack3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

CHECK CONTENT WARNINGS BEFORE READING!

As a lover of dual timelines and horror, this one was a big hit for me! It did start a bit slow, but once it picked up I was hooked.
 
As the first line of thai review says, check content warnings before reading. There are some topics discussed in detail that can definitely be triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death

annemariep68's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Audiobook: this was a 2.5 rounded down. The narration was good  but i felt the story was jumping around too much for me to follow (why was it always Chapter 1??). I was looking forward to a wintery gothic ghost story and it is a bit of that but the ending was disappointing and there were quite a few lose ends and challenging plot points that didn’t seem to make sense. I was hoping for something more along the lines of The Bear and the Nightingale. Also I think there could be triggers re: sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

rachelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Animal death, Confinement, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Body horror, Abortion, Sexual violence, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

wytherwytch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This book wasn't great. It was predictable. The more I think or talk about this book the worse I think it was. I only finished it because it was short and I could smash it on a 12 hour flight.

It had quite a bit of detail about the rapes so be emotionally prepared if you read it. That detail didn't seem to reflect the woman's feelings on it either. More about how the men treated her. The main character is systematically raped by multiple men. In parts I felt like it sympathised towards the rapists, offering explanations for why this happened. It was also victim blaming as other characters blame the victim for not being able to let go and the character isnt allowed to move on or get back to her loved ones until she does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Body horror, Rape, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol

aducharme4's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Gore, Pregnancy, Child death, Gun violence, Self harm, Confinement, Animal death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

marinable_books's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

what_heather_loves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

"I know what I saw...It can't be a coincidence.

Maybe I was wrong not to say anything to the others about the woman. About the ghost. I felt ashamed, and I worried about their reaction.

But it seems we're not longer exploring the Ormen.

We are being hunted."

A chilling (literally and metaphorically) tale of a whaling ship in the Arctic. Two female protagonists find themselves trapped on the Ormen ship; Nicky the daughter of the shipping company owner has been kidnapped and is travelling from Dundee to the Arctic in the late Victorian era and Dom, an urban explorer, is on board the beached shipwreck in the present day. A history of Scottish whaling ships, Scottish and Icelandic folklore and paranormal occurrences are woven in to the enthralling narrative. The author has produced a complex exploration of the impact of patriarchy and trauma on people and places. The tension of the remote and dangerous location combined with disturbing events builds to a terrifying conclusion. An intense, dark and feminist tale of revenge, for fans of Laura Purcell and Stacey Hall, it's also reminiscent of Michelle Paver's Dark Matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking, Physical abuse, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy