Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

28 reviews

meeeg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Murder, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

Honestly this was entertaining but it was also kind of boring at the same time. Nothing thrilling really happened so I kept wondering like what was gonna happen and what was the point. But the ending I did not see coming at all and I was shocked. I don’t know if I necessarily like it but I didn’t see it coming so there’s that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Abortion, Murder, and Stalking

lizziej96's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Death

anne311's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming and Body horror

Minor: Abortion

rachelreads2453's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement and Acephobia/Arophobia

This book really kept me on my toes. So much more informative than the show on Netflix. The author does a brilliant job of weaving this story together, and my attention by showing so many different angles and perspectives!

katrinasherise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gaslighting, Body shaming, Drug use, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death, Abortion, and Death of parent

abbs15norm's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Toxic friendship

thefictionalhevschwar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

This book was a whirlwind read, enthralling and addictive like the characters that are within, but shocking and completely mind-boggling. After finishing the book I can now attest to the claim on the front cover of the "the most shocking ending you'll read all year". You will definitely deduce what the ending will be, but only from piecing together pieces of the puzzle placed throughout the story, right from the beginning. This is, if you're paying attention. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lilacvictim's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, Murder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion

pamshenanigans's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

THIS BOOK. YO. What a fucking trip. Idk what to feel about the very last plot twist because on one hand, I was completely mindblown and thought the ending was a brilliant and brutal twist, but on the other hand, I think the last plot twist was an overkill?

Like if it ended in the 2nd to the last plot twist, it would have been perfect FOR ME.

Before picking this up know that it's a really slow-paced thriller and has some supernatural elements to it. I think this is also best consumed by listening to the audiobook.

Trigger/Content Warnings: manipulation, murder, arson, death of family members

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent and Emotional abuse