Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Coração Sombrio by Tillie Cole

10 reviews

hilary89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

“Heart Recaptured” just broke my heart and built me up again. I honestly didn’t think it could get much darker than the previous book, but man this one went to some horrifically dark places. Lilah and Ky both were a bit gratting to me, but I appreciated how fully fleshed out their characters were. And their relationship in the face of Lilah’s immense trauma (and brainwashing) was so inspiring. 

I know I’m building up to the most controversial book, but so far this series has really captured my heart. The themes are tragic and heart-wrenching, but the character development and relationships make it all worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Murder, Torture, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Child abuse, Incest, and Misogyny

anovelglimpse'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This book was a tough read for me. I was interested in seeing how Ky and Lilah's romance worked out after reading the first book. Lilah was indoctrinated into her cult teachings and Ky was a wild, womanizing MC. The cult stuff ramped up even more in this book and was too much for me. I also had an issue with the way Lilah's character arc went towards the end. I didn't love that she didn't receive mental health counseling, nor did her sisters. That was a big miss in my book. That being said, I loved the way that Ky introduced Lilah to the modern world and that Ky and Lilah got their happy ending.

CW: violence, cult activity, child physical and sexual abuse, rape, neo-Nazis 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Sexual violence, Rape, Self harm, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Violence, Torture, Pedophilia, and Medical content

Moderate: Incest

bookswithvicky's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual content, and Violence

kodafaith's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

This one was not quite as good as book one, the characters weren’t as interesting or convincing but I still enjoyed watching their journey unfold! This series is very addicting and has sucked me in so deep, cannot wait for books 3 and 4!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Incest

kaitlynali's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

0.75

topics in book poorly written about and some unnecessary details that can be offensive....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

Minor: Racism

j4ywalker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.0

And I thought the first one was graphic and Mae had it bad.... Poor Lilah😭 This shit physically hurt to read. You telling me that this wasn't even the worst to come? That Maddie had it worse??? Dear God, ready my heart. Cuz I mean I have to read it, Flame duhhh😂


Nah but fr fr, all my homies hate every single elder AND Cain cuz wtttffffff? He really supposed to have some damn redemption arc too😒. Ion give a shit if he got nowhere else to go or nothing to do; he still hell-bent on Mae for cryin' out loud

Sighhh, may just skip his book altogether. WHO GON STOP ME?😈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Torture, Blood, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Incest

_mad_reads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, and Racial slurs

maxima5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jocee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

WOW!!!! this book was A LOT. it was so dark and raw and heartbreaking. I loved Ky and lilah so much I couldn't put the book down. bad idea. this book is incredibly upsetting and graphic. I loved it way more than the first one, but it's wayyyyyyyyy darker. seriously... do not read it if you can't handle reading non-consent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, and Sexism

leticiaslibrary's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.5

i really enjoy dark romance but i’m just not sure how i feel about this series HOWEVER for some reason i just keep reading??????? i have already read the first three and already have the next two downloaded.......but i did like this one a lot more than the first one! i felt like the relationship between Ky and Lilah was nicely developed and i really liked reading their moments together, i did think this one could potentially be a little more triggering than the first one so be careful when reading it because it touches many sensitive topics and the scenes are very explicit! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Excrement, and Gaslighting