Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

5 reviews

imstephtacular's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Classism, Blood, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual assault

massivepizzacrust's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm not sure if I can give a Nina LaCour book less than 5 stars at this point because the writing is just so beautiful every time. My only complaint is that I could have read another 100 pages of the same story and been happy. The atmosphere, the characters, the plot, I'm in love with it all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content

Childhood trauma happens in flashbacks.

sunnyreads's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The second book by Nina LaCour I've read, and this one is so amazing. I really loved it. Watch Over Me is if the movie Gaslight and The Turn of the Screw came together in a story. I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Grief

Gaslighting

thebookadvocate's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Death

whatellisreadnext's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥.
"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦," 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬—𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.
"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦," 𝘐 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. "𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳."

Mila accepts a job as a teacher on a remote farm. She is used to being alone, spending most of her life in foster care. The job is everything she could have a dreamed of, but it turns out the farm is full of ghosts.

I loved this book. It was my first time reading Nina Lacour but it definitely won't be my last. I've seen people saying she writes loneliness like nobody else, and they aren't wrong. Sitting at 261 pages, this is the perfect little ghost story, but it is so much deeper than that. If you're sick of the generic spooks, and are craving something with more meaning and heart, then this just might be the ticket for you.

Lacour's writing truly transported me to this secluded farm by the sea. I honestly felt like I could smell the place. I wanted so badly to live in that tiny cabin with my own wood burner. To spend my Sunday mornings at the farmers market and then in the afternoon, spend the money I'd earned in a bookshop. To make my own butter, and put it on bread to dunk in some homemade soup. It is literally an introverts paradise.

This is the book I'll probably spend all Autumn forcing on anybody who will listen💃🏻

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Content Warnings

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