Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

3 reviews

thegoddessamongyou's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Rape

booksalacarte's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? No

3.75

Faebound  3.75⭐️ 3🌶️

Fantasy

🏳️‍🌈 Main Characters

Older fmc’s

Dual POV

BIPOC

War

Unique Magic System

Sister story

Disability rep

Animal familiars

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ normative societies

The magic system was very interesting, I really loved the familiars the fae have. So many good quotes come from Pila, who is a familiar, innocently with true intention. 

I found the worldbuilding to be a little slow. The foreshadowing was very heavy, so I wasn’t thrown for a loop when the big twists came. 

The plot really dragged. I wish that there was a little bit more angst than just someone refusing to interact with the other and calling it romantic tension. The cast of main characters are all 28 and older, but the inner monologues are very juvenile. It made it harder for me to read, I think.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the Advanced eReader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cadence99's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

I’ve been looking forward to this book and it delivered in many ways: incredibly fast paced, lovable characters, and an engaging storyline. While I enjoyed my overall experience I do have a few detractors: for me, the plot felt INCREDIBLY predictable. I guessed almost EVERY major plot point well before it happened, so if you’re looking to be surprised this may not be the one for you. In addition the writing felt very simple compared to the authors other work. Which I don’t think is necessarily a bad thing, and made for a very easy read, but wasn’t quite what I was expecting. There is also an

enemies to lovers

troupe here, as well as borderline

insta love

, but if that’s something you don’t mind then read on! 
For me, it was an overall  enjoyable experience, and I look forward to the next installment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Child abuse