Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda

27 reviews

slawgreensss's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death and Sexual assault

fernandaptln's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Gore, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Incest, and Stalking

Minor: Animal death

natashasacks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

elisascrive's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

Found myself gnashing at the end without even realising. It always keeps you on the edge. Not a five-star read just because I thought the ending would be much more devastating. Still, the rest of the book is a masterpiece of language and flow. 

It is not an easy read though, very explicit with toxic relationships all over. Motherhood and "sisterhood" are extremely relevant to the whole story and plot, with graphic depictions scattered throughout the novel.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

meika_one's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is very atmospheric and literary.  It explores the emotional substrate of how people process fear and terror.  There aren't any supernatural elements, so it read as psychological thriller to me.  Similar to Apt Pupil, but more cosmic.  It skates on the blade edge of innocence.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Torture, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

seawarrior's review against another edition

dark tense

5.0

Endlessly disturbing and breathtakingly creative, Jawbone is a story of adolescent daring and purity that descends into violence. Ojeda's use of language, bodily disgust, and topical pop culture references create a story that is unique to the point of mythological. The horror draws the reader in and then clamps down its teeth, culminating in an ending soaked in madness and terror. One of the greatest horror stories I've ever read, and not recommended for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Confinement, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Excrement, and Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Torture, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

rebeccafarren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Animal death, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

caracabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Self harm, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Animal cruelty, Lesbophobia, Animal death, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

walrus420's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

• 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: Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol and Child death

entre_fanon_y_weil's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Classism, Bullying, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Death, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders