Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Furies by Katie Lowe

9 reviews

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Physical abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Forced institutionalization

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Drug use, Rape, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Vomit, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Bullying, and Physical abuse

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Death, Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting, Child death, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Body horror

Minor: Eating disorder, Excrement, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Gore

ritual sacrifice, false accusations, slut shaming

5nazzyf0x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.25

I like it a lot ut had good rhythm and did make me want to keep reading it. I devoured it in like 2 big sittings. But it was a little disjointed in areas and when had happened to Emily Frost was a bit of a let down as I expected a way more interesting reveal as it fell kinda flat. But would I recommend the book. Yes if you like fast paced and quick books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Child death, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, Blood, Eating disorder, Grief, and Mental illness

chonkooch'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While this was very well written and thoroughly enjoyable I did have several issues with it. The descriptive writing is gorgeous and strangely homoerotic female friendships are very much my jam. I also was a big fan of the horror elements, delicious.

However at certain crucial points the writing style made it difficult to tell what was actually going on: for example,

when the dean was dying i was exceedingly confused

and also

when robin died i had to flip back and forth a few times because i didn't understand.

i'm not 100% that a boarding school was the right setting for this? the school element did feel a little underused and the segments with annabel giving speeches were definitely the weakest parts of the book. despite the heavy emphasis i can tell we're supposed to feel on female rage/revenge i actually feel the better parts of the book are the parts that center around the complex relationships between the girls. if it was more character study and a liiiittle bit less witchcraft i think it could've been great. i also think the ending is a little bit of a cop-out. i think the book Oligarchy by Scarlett Thomas does a pretty good job of what i wish this book had done- that is, expose how insular and ingrown and fake the obsessive cult-like world of the girls is, and how this religion of girlhood-as-pain is, while very real, ultimately something you have to grow out of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Sexism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Vomit, Misogyny, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Rape

ashlee_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Drug use, Death of parent, and Child death

cosycourtney's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

Dark witchy academia meets murder mystery; sign me up. Listening to this on audiobook had me wanting to walk for as long as I could each day. The story was compelling, layered, intense, entertaining and infuriating. I couldn’t tell which friend was worse or if anyone deserved my sympathy. The characterization was so strong; we all know the exact archetype from school and when you’re young you want anything to be friends with her but when you’re older you’re glad you weren’t. This book unpacks the obsessive nature of friendship as a teenager and the commitment to questionable friends people uphold about it all. I found it pleasantly infuriating as I wanted to scream sense into everyone but I was hooked on every word. Thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to reading more of Katie Lowe’s books in the future! Please consider content warnings before reading x

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Car accident, and Drug use

jenniferpalmblad's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Violence

estosnosonlibros's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Grief