Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

58 reviews

becsbooks1304's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Child abuse, and Death

cassiereadsbooks_'s review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Addiction

raekoch's review

It felt too disturbing to read at that moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

yasmin_reads's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Stalking

Moderate: Murder

vanducky's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Good, relatively quick read. Classic thriller feel, but compared to Sutanto's other works (namely "Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers) the plot felt predictable and the writing felt rushed. Probably used Chekhov's Gun a little too liberally. The prose was simplistic but not elementary, and the book has a strong ending. Worth a read, especially if you've enjoyed other Sutanto books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Stalking

beckybeth's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.0

Not my favorite by this author. Definitely no humor, but the plot was a lot more basic too. A YA version of “You”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

mjwilliamson's review against another edition

I found it super creepy reading about a stalker and hearing their justifications. As a young female this is one of my biggest fears and overall I put the book down for my mental health. 
Nevertheless it was incredibly well written and the switching POVs were used to great effect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism

glamreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I think this book is okay, the pacing of events could’ve been better and the ending is very sudden but otherwise I think it’s worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Stalking

SPOILERS AHEAD!!! I like: -the plot of the story: boy meets girl, boy stalks girl, girl gets revenge -the transition of the POVs switching was actually really good -the descriptions of locations in the book I did not like: -the pace: everything was rushed and a little disjointed,

we went from introduction to murder #1 and then a date that went left at the very end and then murder #2

-who is Sophie to Logan? Obviously not an ex, he was her rebound, their relationship is never established -

I wish Delilah took the librarian drug dealer down at the end, it would’ve been more satisfying

-the ending:

Delilah kills Logan and gets and alibi and then what? where’s the epilogue? I would’ve wanted to see her start at NUS

orion_schuldt's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Stalking, Mental illness, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism

aylin05's review

2.75

i wanted to like this one but honestly it’s was just okay in every way. it was really promising at first but the ending kinda disappointed me. especially because it was left on a cliff hanger. not one of the clique “to be continued” one but Delilah just walked away from a conversation and then i flip the page and there’s the acknowledgments. it felt really out of place to just end the entire book with no final conclusion. you don’t find out what happened to Delilah, if she got arrested, moved to college, confessed to Aisha or what. So it felt sort of sloppy and lazy toward the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Grief, Cursing, Murder, and Toxic relationship