Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

98 reviews

arialien's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Trafficking, Violence, Gore, Bullying, Sexism, and Body horror

mrsbuck's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexism, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Acephobia/Arophobia, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Trafficking, and Slavery

Minor: Medical content, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

troubleintandem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Alcohol, Child death, and Confinement

batesbarb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

saracat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I listened to the audiobook, so before I get into the book review itself, I want to say it was a delightful surprise to learn that both the author and narrator are neurodivergent and hearing them chat together at the end was really nice. This is the first book I’ve listened to that had a chat between narrator and author and now wish more of the books I listened to had this. 

Now to the review. I became so invested in the main characters. And the world Dean created felt so fresh and unique to me. While I never quite got my head around understanding the knights and dragons completely, it doesn’t really bother me. 

I love characters and books that are riddled with morally grey - which this book is full of. Though, the farther I got into the book, the more I hesitated to keep picking it up because after everything the characters had been through I wanted them to at least have ‘better’ and I just couldn’t get a sense if Dean had written a book that would have an ultimately happy ending, tragic ending, something in between, etc. And I didn’t want to reach the end. But I finally did, and I think the ending fits everything that proceeds it in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Blood

Minor: Gore, Rape, Confinement, Kidnapping, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Child abuse

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Devon will do anything to save her son, even if it means facing both of their monstrous personas. 

This book was quite gripping and action packed. The characters were gritty and unapologetically imperfect. I appreciated it as a stark metaphor for patriarchy and what breaking a patriarchal society would entail. 

Quite enjoyable! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Classism, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexism, Violence, Gore, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Alcoholism, Medical content, Alcohol, Car accident, Torture, Drug use, Addiction, and Infertility

Minor: Racism, Pedophilia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Homophobia, Vomit, Child death, and Trafficking

slburg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

ella_dali_raynor's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse