Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Wishtress by Nadine Brandes

8 reviews

intoxicatedflower's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Myrthe was frustrating and annoying, and the insta-love interest was not fun to read. Miscommunication, or lack of communication, to make the characters have conflict also irritates me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Rape, Torture, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Misogyny and Domestic abuse

gartimar's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Child abuse

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

Meh. I loved the rest of the book, but the ending kind of infuriated me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Violence, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Death of parent

chloelj27's review

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy

kristinwritesanovel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Death

mrswhiteinthelibrary's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

A YA fantasy that holds surprisingly moving, nuanced reflections on topics like grief, shame, and even the nature of good and evil and human ethics. While I loved Brandes' Romanov, the plot summary for this one didn't do much for me and I dragged my feet on it. But like a quench of water, I found the story of flawed people given, or forced, to have incredible powers, and the nature of those powers as forces of ultimate good or evil, powerful and moving in a way I didn't expect. My only complaints are the romance, which felt thin, and the cliffhanger ending, which I wasn't expecting. But if you want a story that doesn't follow a cookie cutter formula, full of complex characters, then this is the read for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Abandonment, and Torture

Minor: Sexual violence and Slavery

aisleyreads's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I LOVED WISHTRESS. The relationships were so complex. There was no "right answer" for anything. Evey tiny choice had enormous consequences and the characters were frequently forced to level with them. I loved how the author upped the stakes with every plot beat and threw multiple twists in. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for an germanic fantasy that has complex character relationships and magic that has far reaching consequences. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Grief, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Ambiguous ending, but has satisfying resolution

johnboscoreads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Would have been 4 stars but went randomly Aslan-y and shoved in some weird Evangelical-ese into the climax.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood, Death, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Classism, Misogyny, Body shaming, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Grief, Chronic illness, and Violence