Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

65 reviews

catwhisperer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, and Vomit

aprilbethp's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Grief

jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Sexual assault, Confinement, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Death of parent

on_your_raedar's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The way I loved every second of this book. No spoilers but I actually really loved the ending. Seems to be a heated topic in the reviews but it really worked for me. This is the 3rd book I’ve read by TDJ and she is officially a read without question author of mine. Do be mindful of trigger warnings though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Child death, Bullying, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

Minor: Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Sexual harassment

manonschuur's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad tense

3.0

Ik ben iets te verward om een goede review te geven. Ik haat het echt als je bijna 400 pagina's leest en ik weet niet of het aan mij ligt, maar je weet nog steeds niet wat er nou precies gebeurd is de avond van de dood van Alyssa want de 'smoking gun' is nooit vrijgegeven. 

Buiten dat om vond ik het wel een heel interessant boek om te lezen. Er wordt goed weergegeven hoe de opvoeding en het gedrag van ouders kan zorgen dat een kind dingen doet die niet horen. Het legal system in Amerika wordt ook goed weergegeven en het is absurd dat een kind zo gemakkelijk terecht kan staan voor iets waar ze niet genoeg onderzoek voor gedaan hebben. Helaas gebeurd dit in het echte leven ook. 

Ben het gewoon alleen niet helemaal eens over het verloop van het verhaal want ik jammer vind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Murder, and Torture

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Violence, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

tbell0211's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Twisted up, but too conveniently packaged at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

mapleleaf_rag's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Loved this book right until the little bit, and then hated it! The „twist“ was so infuriating! Good righting and good plot, got me hooked right From the start, but the twist just felt cheap and not well thought out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia, Blood, Vomit, and Alcoholism

facv2_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

I couldn’t get enough of this book. Mary is just such a compelling character and I just wanted to get to the end to know the full story.

I just couldn’t help but felt cheated when it turns out that Mary did in fact kill Alyssa after the whole story kept you guessing and rooting for her to be innocent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Emotional abuse

hapikohw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

• 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

4.0

This book was so heavy, it's funny that Push was referenced though Mary couldn't see why.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness