Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Stars are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

5 reviews

corydory's review against another edition

Slow, boring, unlikeable characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The amount that I love this book cannot be overstated.  I think this book works so well because Astrea doesn’t have her memories.  We get to learn along with her.

A few parts feel messy, but the book doesn’t lose anything for its messiness.  In fact, I think I love it because I don’t know everything.

I hope to learn more in book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Self harm

babwans's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Rape

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

3.5

 Content Warnings: Physical abuse, emotional/mental abuse, confinement, toxic relationships, toxic friendships, sexual content, violence, blood, murder, death, gaslighting, forced substance abuse, sexual assault, and loss of body autonomy.

This was a buddy read pick with some friends ^^

Total honestly...the MC drove me batty...a lot. I think I'm just used to reading mentally strong women regardless of circumstance or physical limitations...I personally hate the years that I felt weak and unable to escape my own nightmare...so it's really hard for me to see fictional women who remind me of that 😅

The history and lore is interesting in this universe...really hoping as the series continues we get more and more information. Also can't wait to see our MC's evolution to finding she's strong and has been strong the entire time.

I feel like there were still too many mysteries left in this first book...like I expect some from a first book but I felt like I needed a few more questions answered in order to feel more invested in the story. I do look forward to reading the second book and hopefully finding what I need to fully be invested and cheering for the characters. 🤞🏽 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship