Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Hold Me Under by Riley Nash

9 reviews

autumnwitch14's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Dementia, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Child death, Medical content, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

Minor: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

apolen's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Child abuse, Death, and Child death

Minor: Abandonment and Homophobia

crysgjust's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

alaenera's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

haileeraye's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

madscientistcat's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Cursing, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Trafficking

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

smileyflowers's review

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

bookstosoothethesoul's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• 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

3.0

Mkay I have no idea why this book worked for me but it really did. I'm not a dark romance girl. I'm not one to read anything remotely toxic but here we are. I did it and I loved it!! I couldn't put it down. It has Captive Prince vibes if you read that series. Victor is NOT a nice person but man I didn't care. This book was so angsty. You could tell both guys were struggling and it was beautiful to see them meet each other in the other's pain. It mentions dom/sub dynamics but honestly it didn't really deliver on that so don't go in expecting sex scenes like that. Honestly they mainly spend the book saying they hate each other but in reality they are developing the feelings. Don't expect a true love story. I think this is about half of the enemies to lovers dynamic (they end in a more HFN place than a HEA) but I loved it all the same. I read reviews that said that Victor was absolutely horrible and he definitely does some fucked up things but honestly the reviews made me think he was way worse than he is. He is irritable and hurtful and snappy when he is cornered and there is one thing that was super unnecessary but I mainly didn't care because of the aforementioned angst and emotions. The characters are very well-drawn and the writing (though it veered into purple prose) never got to be too cringey for me. 

The book is melodramatic as hell but I loved it anyway because the characters really spoke to me. If you can't get past what Victor's saying and doing and don't care about why he might be doing it this is probably not the book for you. The book pretty much hinges on you caring about his pain. I absolutely loved seeing Ethan's patience and care help Victor feel safe. He's snappy and nasty when his defenses are down and something about that spoke to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

ravenanjell's review

dark emotional slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia and Torture