Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Dom by S.J. Tilly

10 reviews

gracescross's review

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Trafficking, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, and Suicide

erinmure5's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I was so excited about Book 3, but it fell kind of flat for me. Loved Val as a character and I connected with her romanticism and authenticity, but Dom is by far my least favorite of the 3, which I did not expect.

I tried to look past the drugging into marriage, but then the birth control pills deception put me over the edge. I think if Val had mentioned earlier how much she wanted to be a mom (but felt some sort of barrier or fear about it) it wouldn’t have bothered me as much. But finding out AFTER Dom had already made the decision made it feel less morally grey and more “no he’s a POS with no redeeming qualities.” I knew early what Dom had done but I was still hopeful there would be some sort of redemption I could latch on to, and then when there wasn’t… it just didn’t work for me.

Curious how I’ll feel about reading Hans next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Suicide, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

hellowildflower's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

megthecatlady's review

dark emotional fast-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

4.0

I don't think I will ever not love anything S.J. Tilly writes. Her stories, the spice, the characters are all amazing. I will say this was probably my least favorite book in the series so far, but it was still pretty dang good!!! There were just a few nonconsensual things (nothing sexual) that happen in this book that really bothered me. Nero was unhinged, but Dom just does whatever the hell he wants. That is totally fine for his character and something I would expect from a mafia kingpin. This book wasn't rated 4-stars because I found him unlovable. I actually found both main characters to have depth and I went back and forth on my feelings for Dom throughout the book, which is exactly what Val did too. S.J. did an amazing job writing his character and making me share feelings with the FMC throughout the book. There were times in this book that I almost cried with Val because I was so hurt or frustrated for/with her. I definitely recommend the entire Alliance Series thus far to those who enjoy mafia romances. You won't be disappointed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia and Pregnancy

Additional CWs/potential spoilers

birth control tampering and drugging of the FMC

give_me_kidrauhl's review

sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Suicide, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

erinmd156's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Violence, Death of parent, Torture, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Trafficking and Medical content

mmkn_99's review

dark emotional fast-paced

2.25

Hot sex does not make up for kidnapping or the red flags here. Could’ve been really good, but no amount of hot man and plus sized woman love could make up for the craziness of the male lead. Yes I finished the book, and I want to read the next one, but I stand by book #2’s review. Book #1 was best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

rickireadss's review

4.0

Y'ALL-- this one was a wild ride!! i wanted to fall in love with dom in the same quick way i did with nero and king, but it took me a minute.

like i LOVED HIM in the beginning, but after the betrayal of las vegas and then he like exposed all that he had done, i was PISSED off. like i was visibily so angry and had to put the book down because I FELT betrayed too. like he didn't just do that shit to val, he did it to me as well

i will say i started to come around to him after some of the sweet stuff he did, but he still threw in a little *punch* there towards the end

the changing out her BC was like a gut punch to me bc i would be LIVID bc i do NOT want kids, but i'm glad it all worked out and val was okay with it

that scene towards the end?!?!?! had my heart RACING, but man val is a f*cking badass, let me tell you. overall, i enjoyed it, had a great time, but dom really hit me where it hurts a few too many times, so king's still my favorite. i did LOVE seeing payton&nero and savannah&king in this one!!! i think i fell even more in love with both couples throughout this book.

ALSO THE FINAL SCENE!?!?!!? holy. shit. like i saw it coming but i didn't expect it at the same time iykyk.

⚠️: violence, murder, drugging (done by LI to FMC), death of parent, grief, death, child abuse, car accident, body shaming, bullying, stalking, gore, body horror, gun violence, blood, addiction, suicide, pregnancy, injury/injury detail, infidelity, emotional abuse, medical content, vomit, torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Death, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity, Stalking, and Pregnancy

tguccione's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Stalking

threeundertwopnw's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

I really love all the other books by this author but I had a lot of trouble with this one. 

He stalks her, ambushes her, roofies her, forces marriage while she's high, has sex with her when she says no, drugs her again and tattoos her, eavesdrops on her therapy session, and switches out her birth control pills with placebo, which is a form of sexual assault.

Val might have decided she was later okay with his actions, but I wasn't. Nothing redeems this level of behavior. She should never have trusted him. He didn't earn it. 

Edited to add: Amazon has scrubbed all negative reviews for this book including mine and I can absolutely not support an author who does this. Thank heavens storygraph exists!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Stalking, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Torture, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol