Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

God of Pain by Rina Kent

21 reviews

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

tairimar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

eelka's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

ash13ynwm's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Death of parent

bookdragong24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Torture, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

when the relationship of the main couple starts getting serious they are 20 and 17 (about a month before she's 18)

cinderulz's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual assault

djm_chal's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.5

Most of this book felt like watching a car crash, not enjoyable but unable to look away. There were points when I thought it wasn't horrible or that it might be getting better but would soon make me cringe again. Some things about this book just gave me the ick. I've DNF'ed books for way less in the past, but my curiosity got the best of me, and it was not worth it in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Murder

abreese's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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

4.0

I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first one (it just felt more developed and had a more nuanced approach to trauma shaping a person) but the ending felt like it dragged a little. 

I also wish it had been made a little clearer that Creigh was running away from everything just as much an Anika was especially regarding the escape to the island. But that’s just a little nitpick frustration I had as a reader that made my faith start to waver.

Overall though I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Murder and Suicide

shaykay's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

I devoured this audiobook! I loved the first one even though the first one was so dark. I had no clue how Glyn and Kill would end up in a relationship, especially after how those two started, but there were so many twists and turns. In this one, we follow Creighton and Annika, and we get to see this one start in the previous book because she would not leave him alone, and Creighton is Glyndon's cousin. She just annoyed him every time she got the chance, but we got to explore that more in this book. We were starting to set up a fake dating scenario because Annika's mom promised that she wouldn't let the Bratva force her into an arranged marriage if she had someone she loved, but even though it was a massive thing at the beginning of the book we lose track of that really fast. This one was a different kind of darkness than the first book. This one was more BDSM and family issues, but I still enjoyed this book, and it had a lot of shocking moments. But ultimately, I liked the first book more. I can't wait to jump into the next book because I'm curious how Jeremy's book will go, and I really hope Bran gets his own book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

simone01's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Violence