Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

25 reviews

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Drug use, and Vomit

batcaves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

keenanmaree's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Torture

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

I started this novel thinking it was going to be a typical supernatural haunted house tale and quickly found out that was not the case! The Book of Accidents is a horror/sciFi novel that touches on generational trauma, abuse, alternate realities, time travel, and what makes strong families. So way more than I was initially prepared for! 

This novel is not your regular horror story and I loved that. It was weird, twisty, and honestly such a fun read. There were parts that dragged for me and the characters at times behaved really awkwardly (especially Maddie, who seems like the perfect manic pixie dream girl grown up…) which didn’t make this a 5 star for me, hence the 3 stars. I wouldn’t recommend this to everyone either, but to readers that love horror and don’t mind picking up one that crosses so many genres. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

megandherbook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Death, Alcoholism, and Addiction

miniaturephilosopher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Torture

niyou's review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I enjoyed the premise of The Book of Accidents and the concepts it explores like family and overcoming generational trauma. 

What I didn’t like was the characterization. The characters felt flat and voices didn’t sound distinct. Everyone seemed to have the same personality - just slightly tweaked by their respective backgrounds.

Not just Oliver and Jake who are de facto the same person but Maddie and Nate too.

. Although the author obviously wants you to care for them the emotional pay off wasn’t there for me. 

This was also why I felt the narrative lagged. I just wasn’t really interested in the frequent internal monologues from the protagonists. These monologues also  took most of the tension out of the story as almost all of the characters’ motivations were spelled out. 

All in all an interesting concept but ultimately an unrewarding read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

heledela's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol and Child abuse