Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

51 reviews

szuum's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Homophobia

dooziekins's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, War, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: War

hngisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, and Miscarriage

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Murder, Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content

ronjaorsomething's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much. The characters were very diverse in so many ways (race, sexuality, religion and class being the main ones). And the book managed to bring up societal issues in a really good way. I also liked the plot twists and how genuinely unpredictable the whole book was.

AND THE ENDING OMG it was perfect. The way it was very much a happy ending but not at all the way you'd expect. I was so happy that Cara ended up with Dell but still worked in Ash.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide, and Addiction

izzybell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Classism, Child death, and Emotional abuse

paperbrownies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

- lgbtqiap+, adult, sff, sci-fi, multiverse, world travelling, doppelgangers, royalty, badass mc, follows a one of a kind romance, quietly revolutionary!!, 
- f|f
- black mc, japanese coded li, nonbinary side character using they/them pronouns

HOLY ShIT!! this was exceptional!! 🤩 
plot, characters, world building, the writing, the pace 5/5 
the space between worlds is a delicious exploration of power and desire, to exist and to fight for you believe is right. it feels like one of those books that smacks you in the head with the harshness of reality despite it being a scifi book, with characters for whom i truly cared, and a story i kept thinking about, days after i finished reading the book!!
i'd be doing an injustice to this review (idk if you’d call it that bc this is just me shouting at you to go read this book) i did not mention the writing bc it was Beautiful and left me open like a raw wound!! 🤌 
also the romance is top tier!! it doesnt take up a major portion of the book and is just the right amount of perfect, bittersweet and hopeful!! 
YALL NEED TO GO READ THIS BOOK RN!!!

-cw: brief mention of an off-page murder, blood, violence, on-page death of a character, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, brief mention of drowning, child abuse, panic attack, grief, off-page death of loved ones, verbal abuse, detailed description of injury

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Minor: Gun violence

hngoodlett's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Classism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War and Vomit

emmyb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

This was a fast-paced, well written story featuring multiverse travel and lots of intrigue. The world-building was a bit confusing through the beginning, having to learn about multiple different versions of the world before fully understanding the base one. There were lots of twists, and I'm interested in reading more from this author in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and War