Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

6 reviews

booksareoxygen's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Delve into a seemingly normal private school as one event unravels into a collision of past and present as you spiral speeding towards a conclusion that seems equally impossible and inevitable. 4/5 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Infidelity

islesbiyana's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Suicide

valpuri's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, Body shaming, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Confinement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Classism, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcohol and Forced institutionalization

rachelibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was a very quick read, short chapters and all. A cast of interesting, unlikable characters made for a different read for me, and I was surprised to find myself liking some of them despite their unlikable tendencies 😂 Others were driving me crazy! But I still enjoyed most of it.

The POV bounces around between several characters, and I loved that approach to the story. Just when you think you know someone, you realize you have them all wrong. It also had several unexpectedly funny parts. I felt like all these characters were living trainwreck lives and I was just watching to see what crazy thing they did next.

That being said, I was disappointed in the ending. I guess I just wanted more from it and was left with the “That’s it?” feeling that I hate having after finishing a book. This was a buddy read pick for me and I’m definitely looking forward to discussing how other people felt about the end!

If you like a school setting, multiple POVs, and characters with questionable morality, you’ll probably enjoy this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content

bethsiekierawalker's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, and Suicide