Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Family Plot by Megan Collins

5 reviews

loujanae's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

1.0

An absolute drudgery to read. This is a horrible example of a first person POV. All tell. Didn't show a damn thing. Figured it out in the first chapter, so there was nothing thrilling about it. Repetitive as hell. Zero character development or even characteristics at all. Everyone was flat, and I felt nothing for a single one of them. Thought it would be an interesting critique of true crime, but that was not the case at ALL. I should have DNF'd right at the dedication page as Megan Collins dedicated the book to 'murderinos'. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

5.0

Wow.

I knew who did it right away, but the story took a lot of twists and turns. It's really about a wildly dysfunctional family and not a straightforward murder mystery book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcoholism

Death of a Sibling

, Serial Killer, Dysfunctional Family Secrets

meremesch's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, Murder, Death, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, and Gun violence