Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Flight by Julie Clark

51 reviews

krys_kilz's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This thriller was fine, it just wasn't particularly memorable for me. While the concept was intriguing, the characters weren't as strong as Clark's other thriller The Lies I Tell, which I enjoyed a lot more. The pacing also felt a little off for me, just a bit too slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Misogyny

Minor: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

theportalmaster's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Hmm… I am not sure how to feel about this book. The writing was very enjoyable and easy to read through but there wasn’t much happening for some of the book. I think it had so much more potential for a denser and more intriguing plot but it wasn’t bad either way. I’m glad at least one of them truly made it in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

emily_y's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Physical abuse and Drug abuse

lauraschroniclife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

3.4 but I’ll round up. I’ll give my review later. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Murder, and Domestic abuse

claire_reardon's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

caitlin_davis22's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

nurel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

life_is_good's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking

Minor: Addiction and Physical abuse

mysticforestcrafts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.0

The second book I’ve read by this author and I do see a pattern forming. That isn’t at all a bad thing but for people who need variety it will mean don’t binge her books all at once.

Pros:

This is another story with two incredibly strong women in impossible situations trying to find a way to survive. Each goes about it a little differently based on their background and resources yet they still end up in the same place change each other’s lives.

I truly appreciate that this book shows that paranoia can make a person fear someone who is only trying to help them because they have been so hurt in the past. Often people don’t understand why survivors will shun a new friend or help and I think this book highlights the fear and consideration they have to put into everything happening around them all the time.

Cons:

I think it is incredible that this book focuses on the difficulty for women to report and get away from abuse. However, I think that citing the me too movement and now having two books about women having to overcome things men have done is lacking inclusivity. I’m truly hoping that the author will take inspiration from the Depp vs Heard case and give us a book where a man is struggling to get away and recover. It is even less accepted for a man to claim a woman abused him and we need excellent writers in the field to share those stories side by side with the stories of women getting away. Let’s cut out gender bias completely and celebrate all the survivors.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Drug dealing

hapikohw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Nice fun listen that swept me up.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Murder