Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Damaged by Onley James

10 reviews

wii3rdo's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

EVERY STORY IN THIS FUCKING SERIES MAKES IT BETTER AND BETTER ISTG 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Cursing, Classism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

aylen_96's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was such a fun read! I loved that we got to meet some new faces that I’m sure will pop up in other Necessary Evils books. I also really liked that we got to see the Mulvaney’s from an outside perspective. Okay, so Dimitri is the absolute sweetest! He may be a psychopath, but he loves Arlo with every fiber of his being. And Arlo is just adorable. I love that he goes from this timid shy person in the beginning to sassing very dangerous people (Asa & August) with little thought. This was so good and I can’t wait to dive into the next book! This is getting four out of five stars.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence

rickireadss's review against another edition

4.0

i almost skipped this one and i am SO glad i didn’t. i loved dimitri and arlo so much. did i think of the movie “the good dinosaur” several times? yes but it’s fine 😂 i can’t wait to see their cameo in the next book!

⚠️: murder, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, violence, child abuse, sexual violence, physical abuse, sexual assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

laureljeanreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.5

Short novella that intersects with the main world of the series, I liked it but for being so short there was a but that felt very explaining everything to you that got a little dry. Loved getting more Calliope though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

talk_bookish_with_me's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape and Child abuse

jessie_h's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

OMG! Calliope has a kid! Who is also a psychopath! I have been wondering how she got involved with the Mulvaneys since the first book and now I know. Dmitri and Arlo were cute together and the cameos from the Mulvaneys were awesome! I can't wait to see how the ending of their novella fits in to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

readingtotravel's review against another edition

dark emotional informative lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Death, Violence, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

cocpop_reads's review against another edition

funny tense 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

I love this side story about Arlo and Dimitri.

It’s a quick short story that made me laugh. Although I will say for second I thought one of the two was gonna go to jail.

I can’t wait to see these two in the next book.

3/5 on the spice scale. Because it was a shorter book, the few sex scenes take up more of the book. And both men have dirty mouths.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault