Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Viúva de Ferro by Xiran Jay Zhao

397 reviews

blandrew's review against another edition

Story did not catch my attention 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, and Emotional abuse

noahhh_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Hate crime, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child abuse, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Addiction, Torture, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

quotingmachine's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Addiction, Torture, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

“For eighteen years, my unibrow has saved me from being sold into a painful, terrifying death.
Today is the day I'm releasing it from its gracious service.”

Two words: Female Rage

Fast paced, short chapters, captivating.

I need more love triangles that are actual love triangles in media!!! Pleassssse! The loved they shared was beautiful.

"Where does jealousy come from, if not an insecurity that I'll lose you because of him? But that's not how it works, no matter how many people believe it so. You're not something to be kept or taken, and love isn't some scarce resource to battle over. Love can be infinite, as much as your heart can open. I mean, when you think about it, love is fueled mostly by compatibility. Whether two people make each other happy by being close. So it'd be pointless of me to resent Shimin. However compatible you are with him, it doesn't have anything to do with how compatible you are with me."

The epilogue had me shook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Alcoholism, Body horror, War, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

jb4nay's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

I think Zetian was an awesome protagonist. Her justified rage at these systems limiting her and women in their world were so captivating to sit with throughout the story. I also really liked the development with Shimin and Yizhi throughout the book. The qi system was really neat. As someone with messy family dynamics, I really appreciated seeing

a character actively not choose them after they treated her terribly over and over again

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It was also really nice to get a vengeful lead and actually see them get the revenge, instead of having some change of heart because anger is an unreasonable emotion (which I disagree with).

The ending left me wanting to spend more time in this world. Can't wait to see what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

justamy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Confinement, Body horror, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Grief

Minor: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

blkbltchic's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I've been wanting to read this for a very long time. I really enjoy a completed love triangle no matter how brief the moment is. Based on the epilogue I'm wondering if there will be a sequel I haven't been keeping up in that regard. I loved all of the real world cultural details that were interwoven into this fantastical sci-fi story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Confinement, Colonisation, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, War, Torture, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Rape

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

It was massively entertaining (and cringe at points too) and fast but at the same time you can't carry a whole book on just edgelord antics lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Violence, War, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape

beckahh_i's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This was fucking incredible. I didn't really know anything about this book going in, other than it was a booktok favorite. It is now in probably my top books I've ever read, and for sure top 5 of the year I think. The feminine rage was palpable through this entire book. It was fantastic. Highly recommend.

There's definitely a lot of horrible things in this book so definitely check trigger warnings, but it's so worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Death, Alcohol, Confinement, Alcoholism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail