Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas

127 reviews

alicecaillau__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

Le personnage féminin est intéressant, fort, mais l’amour entre Rika et Crist paraît assez peu crédible sur la fin du roman… Le personnage de Damon semble presque excusé à la fin, ce qui est dérangeant
Mais le suspense est très bien maintenu, on a envie d’aller au bout du roman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, Torture, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Car accident, and Physical abuse

assesgrass's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Stalking, Bullying, Death of parent, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

ac_blanco's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Really really weird plot and not even a cute romance. Something inexplicable that’s just engaging about this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Death, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Cursing, Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

becflourish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Car accident, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

dkdjsjdjsjssjjs's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Stalking, Murder, and Death of parent

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mejisilliterate's review against another edition

0 stars obviously but that’s not why i’m here. 

I just want to point out a recurring theme that i’ve noticed throughout not just penelope douglas’ books, but the new steamy-tik tok genre as a whole. 

The idea of what consent is is majorly fucked up within all of these books. They all have scenes that are inherently non-consensual, but even bigger than that is the authors trying to convince us that those scenes are actually practicing consent. 

In this book, I couldnt help but laugh at the stupidity of it all when the horsemen (stupid fucking name by the way) went through with their plan, but michael, suddenly, pulls out and isn’t ok with it because “she’s not on board” and they “only said they’d do it if she was on board”. that’s practicing consent, right? wrong! because the plan was literally to rob this woman of all her possessions, kidnap her mother and then her, hold her against her will and “make her theirs” (heavily  implying they are going to use her as a sex slave, although thats never said explicitly, probably to try and convince the readers that somehow they will just be nice and kind to this girl! even though they’ve talked the whole book about “what they want to do to her”!). what kind of idiot would ever truly believe she would consent to this! the only reason michael backed out is because this freak damon almost rapes our protagonist, which michael suddenly objects to, even though the entire book damon was saying that that was exactly what he was gonna do once they kidnapped her. multiple times in this book we see damon assault girls but it’s treated as unimportant and merely a character flaw rather than a huge fucking problem that makes him a deranged lunatic. for gods sake, he knows how to roofy someone! why are you friends with this man! 

as tik tok makes these types of books more known to younger people, it’s important to recognize that the depiction of a messed up form of consent has extreme ramifications. rape is never justified, ms douglas. 

(look at the content warnings and tell me how the fuck this is marketed as a romance) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Torture, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

annareadz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Rape, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

rorolovesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I really loved this book, it had me on edge. I loved Erika but not Michael for everything he did to her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

al4ssandra's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting