Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

396 reviews

mrskc4's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

abies's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

beautifully written. well crafted prose, characters, and story. i especially appreciated how the voice of the narrator reads, descriptive and wordy like someone from her time might be without being dry at all. absolutely would recommend, though be sure to heed the content warnings as this book deals with potentially sensative themes.

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Content Warnings

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

mals_library's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Physical abuse

huntland's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

deductionist's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I initially picked up this book out of hype for Evocation. 

I’m incredibly surprised by how much I love this book. The writing at times felt like I was reading poetry, and the characters themselves— flaws and all, felt believable and real. 

I’m hoping they all reunite after sometime and continue their love for one another. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

nitterbug's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

peregrinwho's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

This was so beautiful. A haunting, sublime sort that evoked velvet imagery on every page. It's so easy to get swept up in that kind of beauty, and once they were able to step out of that church, away from worship, the night began to feel like endless warm days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual content

Minor: Murder and War

ann_cathrin's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

I am not your wife anymore, my lord, and I don’t think you ever truly saw me as a whole woman. I was always a student. A project. An accessory in the legal and decorative sense.

I wanted to cause you a lifetime of inconvenience, dig my heels in the next time you tried to move us, kick and scream when you tried to enforce your curfews. I wanted to fill the cathedral with accusations of every unkind and controlling thing you had ever done to me or Magdalena, and make you answer for them. But instead, all I could say was: “I’m sorry.”

You spun whole personalities out of silken promises to get close to whoever you needed to. It was one of the reasons you were able to keep us alive so long, and one of the reasons I sometimes woke with a start in the middle of the day and stared at you, wondering who I was sharing a bed with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

bucketsjen's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

A tale of Dracula's brides, from the point of view of his first wife Constanta. They are lured by promises of life and freedom and desire... and instead find themselves trapped in an unlife of control and abuse.  It was very well done and darkly engaging. The presentation of an abusive relationship and the complicated emotions/thoughts involved was chillingly legit.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, and Domestic abuse

Polyamory under duress.

elskede's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, War, Terminal illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Blood, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Death