Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Damaged by Onley James

16 reviews

aylen_96's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

ghosthills's review against another edition

dark tense 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness

The leads have no personality. They're just walking archetypes. One is a sociopath and the other is the victim of abuse. Add insta-love and a justifiable murder, and viola, one little novella.

lacyparrish's review against another edition

4.5

An interesting novella that apparently straddles the Necessary Evils world and another series for the author. I really liked the premise of the story, the couple's evolution despite how quick the story is and a peek into a side character's life that we haven't seen much of in the main series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Body shaming, Gore, Murder, Bullying, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This was such a fun read! I loved that we got to meet some new faces that I’m sure will pop up in other Necessary Evils books. I also really liked that we got to see the Mulvaney’s from an outside perspective. Okay, so Dimitri is the absolute sweetest! He may be a psychopath, but he loves Arlo with every fiber of his being. And Arlo is just adorable. I love that he goes from this timid shy person in the beginning to sassing very dangerous people (Asa & August) with little thought. This was so good and I can’t wait to dive into the next book! This is getting four out of five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence

rickireadss's review against another edition

4.0

i almost skipped this one and i am SO glad i didn’t. i loved dimitri and arlo so much. did i think of the movie “the good dinosaur” several times? yes but it’s fine 😂 i can’t wait to see their cameo in the next book!

⚠️: murder, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, violence, child abuse, sexual violence, physical abuse, sexual assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

chilivanilli28's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

alexandryareads's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

talk_bookish_with_me's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape and Child abuse

jessie_h's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

OMG! Calliope has a kid! Who is also a psychopath! I have been wondering how she got involved with the Mulvaneys since the first book and now I know. Dmitri and Arlo were cute together and the cameos from the Mulvaneys were awesome! I can't wait to see how the ending of their novella fits in to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

shybookstagramer's review against another edition

5.0

This is the first book that doesn't center around one of the Mulvaney boys but we still have a beloved psychopath who just wants to lay claim to his obsession. I really liked this one. I ended up reading this in the middle of reading Headcase because he was introduced in that and I was very confused at who this guy was and all the plot holes that came of not knowing his background. So I stopped headcase to go read this one. It provided some much-needed background. Even though this book was a novella instead of a full novel like the others in the series, it didn't disappoint. There was a great plot, characters, and spice! Overall a really great and necessary addition to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse