Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel

15 reviews

blacksphinx's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Infertility, Infidelity, Grief, and Miscarriage

Minor: Murder and Violence

Slut shaming, victim blaming.

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest

playswithstring's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Infidelity, Incest, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

alexandras_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

What the fuck did I just read??

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death

madeleinebay's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

directorpurry's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Child abuse

bobbidenzer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Infidelity, Incest, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Alcohol

milesbian's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Incest, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Abortion, Rape, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

kellysrambles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Dark, disturbing but captivating. I wanted to rip my eyeballs out reading what was unfolding but at the same time needed to know what happened to Allegra. The characters were perfectly flawed. The story disturbing. 👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Miscarriage

megrose97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Miscarriage