Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

194 reviews

nicoleme1212's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, and Rape

averagereadin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am genuinely disturbed and at the same time I kinda loved it???

Am I just another Eddie?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Death, Self harm, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Violence, and Vomit

kayleejanes's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Gore, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Torture, and Rape

dariarp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Body horror, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, and Blood

evillittlefairy's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

callumwbell's review against another edition

dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

I have never been so intrigued by a book before, it’s quite graphic but I could not put it down. Was any of it true?? Was there ever any glass in people’s eyes???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

chiar_'s review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Classism

mystica_martin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

I am not sure how to feel about this book XD
It's dark, explicit. There's a lot of gory details, masochism. The characters are unreliable, manipulative and gaslighting. But there are somethings I liked about the book. The way the FMC'S sexual desires and her sexualizing gaze is not glossed over by the author, almost like a role reversal, where it was mostly men's gaze and desire for women. I also liked how the author did not give them (the characters) a sudden realisation and pull them out of their downward spiral. 
Overall, I believe that is a very realistic work (except for some parts).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

woweewhoa's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book! I'm personally a big fan of stories about terrible people constantly stumbling against one another, and that what this book is. Irina is a complicated person, but she is also an Awful person and the first chapter of this book does a very very good job at situating it and making it clear. It is a very uncomfortable read though, and I would definitely take a look at the content warnings before picking this book up. 

Also, and this might be a bit pejorative but I genuinely think it's well executed and a very good take on the ideas and how their adapted to suit this story, but it's like if the movie American Psycho was about a lower middle class English queer woman kink artist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

Minor: Animal death and Antisemitism

mel_j's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Transphobia