Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

24 reviews

victoriaharris001's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Addiction, Gaslighting, Gore, Trafficking, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

princesstripsy's review against another edition

DNF’d which is rare for me. I’ve read two really bad books from BOM that I managed to suffer through but this one has compounded issues. The language jumps are a good idea on paper but hard to read. The violence and over the top and graphic substance and child abuse was where I officially called it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Drug use, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

I really wanted to like this one but I think it just isn't for me. It left me feeling kind of sad and gross whenever I would listen to the audiobook, and not in a good way. 

I've heard it compared to This Thing Between Us, and I can see the similarities in how it explores grief, but it didn't have that same feeling of cosmic horror.

I do appreciate the themes of this book and the writing. I just don't particularly like the heavy feeling of it. I may go back to this at some other point in time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Terminal illness, Violence, Gore, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

ashleymg99's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.5

This book just wasn’t for me. I was really interested in the mysticism, but it was just a bit too dark, gritty, and gory for my personal taste. Some scenes are very graphic (violent) and hard to read, and I don’t consider myself to have a weak stomach. Overall, the book was pretty depressing. I think the writing was great, and the story had a unique premise, but the tone was a bit too rough for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Racism, Grief, Torture, Death, Gore, Child death, Child abuse, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, and Blood

shitshereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Addiction, Cancer, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Murder

diamondgoose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Murder, Gun violence, Torture, Cancer, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Drug abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Trafficking, and Racism

Moderate: Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Cancer, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Transphobia, Outing, and Misogyny

meliroo's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Torture, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Grief, and Domestic abuse

wai's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Cancer, Classism, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Murder, Gore, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Torture, Addiction, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Transphobia

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Terminal illness, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Transphobia and Suicidal thoughts