Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Highlander's Promise by Lynsay Sands

4 reviews

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

A Scottish romance. Writing a bit choppy. Typical Hallmark-style story. Not intellectually challenging. Best as a day-at-the-beach fluff read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Deportation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

izmc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

3.75

 
i was actually really excited to read this one. among a whole bunch of reasons i was fascinated  with how they were gong to handle a hero filled with so much self loathing. it wasn’t what i had expected. the evil step sister took me out. it was fun. i don’t like how long they lied to her. and the graphic depictions of what happened to the sister was just too traumatic for the overall story. i laughed when i realized it was the evil twin sister, but it was just too much to handle reading what happened to her when most of the story was a sweet romance (with a little bit too much deception).  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

jasbeingjas's review

emotional funny 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? No

4.0

I was dying for a book about Aulay and it did not disappoint. I wasn’t expecting the mystery to play out like that and it was actually pretty heart breaking. But overall I loved this book. About half way through I felt stupid giddy about the whole gang being present lol. Looking forward to a book about Conran or Rory most now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

one of the characters provides a description of past abuse

rockyroadbutch's review

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence