Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Une Fenêtre sur les ténèbres by Benjamin Peylet, Rachel Gillig

47 reviews

midopon'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Pleasantly surprised by this book! 4.25/5 stars ~~
I thought this was gonna be like all the other YAs flooding Booktube/Booktok, but thankfully it was not! I enjoyed it a lot <3
Bonus points because we were not dealing with a cast of 17 years olds, the characters are young adults yay!
So, the less good (because I wouldn't say it was BAD, just some stuff I didn't enjoy as a reader) and the good!
- It started really slow and confusing (like a lot of fantasy books) because we are introduced to a world where magic is quite different from what we're used to, so getting the lore and everything else established was a bit tedious. (I'm not a patient person :'))
- After the first 15%, the action kicks in and it's really fun!
- At a certain point it was going too fast (certain characters were too trusting, agreeing to everything that was proposed to them, which made me go o.o), but the pace settled nicely after Equinox (a celebration in the book)
- I liked the characters and their flaws, but tbh Elspeth bothered me sometimes. I didn't like her thought process on a number of things, which made me want to tear my hair out. We got the very classic "I don't want to tell the guy I love about the

Nightmare in my head because he won't look at me the same way

" trope, which made me roll my eyes pretty hard and often... 
- I also think the romance could have developped later on; I don't think the characters had enough time together to really fall in love? I guess the stuff they go through together made their feelings progress faster? I don't really know, but to me it could have been a slower burn ;)
- The spice is pretty much non-existent, for those that this interests. No descriptions, barely 3 pages T-T I wish it was more, but thankfully it didn't prevent me from continuing the book, the story had its hooks in me, which is great :)
- Can't wait to start the next one and see where all of this goes!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Murder

kenzibir's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kenich97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Genocide, Infidelity, Murder, and Alcohol

eedle_cacleberry'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

What a refreshing read.

I'm so glad the author avoided very classic tropes, such as "you lied to me, and now that I know your deep dark secret, you're dead to me ".

Concepts such as understanding and forgiveness within a relationship makes this an enjoyable read, especially with the world building and magic system used. And Raven makes me swoon.... lol

I also really liked the different examples on the theme of consent, as most of them are not related to sex. Body autonomy, yes absolutely, but not sex. It examplifies that sex is not the only time where consent is needed.

Also, the writing is so beautiful??? Both the poetry and the narration. It's why I gave it a full 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Drugging

bumfinity's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.25

No one could decide if Elspeth is a good liar or not. Other than that, loved the internal dialogue between the MC and the Nightmare. The last half of the book was darker than the first half and I was here for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lyonsdenprojects's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

bethann_coleates's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Abandonment