Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

O Projeto by Courtney Summers

87 reviews

horizonous's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.25

The main issue I have with this book is that I almost got whiplash from jumping from chapter to chapter. SO MUCH happens in such a short time you get no time to process it - especially in the last quarter when all of a sudden (at least that's what it felt like) Lo

is completely infatuated with Lev, wants to join and defend the Unity Project and doesn't question the fact that her sister isn't even in the Unity Project anymore. I understand that people can get sucked into cults really quickly, but with her it was a 180-degree change in what felt like days

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I don't know, in comparision to Sadie this was such a letdown.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

◦ Mental illness = Depression

permanme's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Car accident

valzsc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of those books I couldn’t stop thinking about when I wasn’t actively reading it. It’s full of mystery and darkness, two characteristics I constantly look for when choosing what to read next. But is also about trauma, individual and collective. For a young adult novel, there’s a very dark chapter near the end that I wasn’t expecting. Although I think it could’ve gone further. 

For me it was a fast paced slow burner. Some things I saw coming, like Emmy being Foster’s daughter and not Lev’s. His darkness and abuse, were there all the time, underneath the love bombing, doing God’s work and bringing people back from the death, allegedly… I could see where he was going, you know?

The chapter that had Lo being tortured and burned was hard to read, the way it’s written… I felt my stomach twisting and kept saying “no, no, no” out loud. Thinking that’s something Bea, Rob, Jeremy and others went through is heartbreaking. But that’s the reality in a lot of cults and shady religious groups. They break you and isolate you so they have this power over you, and then abuse you without worry of repercussions. 

What a nice book, I have to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

bookishsapphicshay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

unabashedlyemma's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

Cults and religious abuse abound

alexandramcgrew's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Pregnancy

dustghosts's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexism, Stalking, and Death of parent

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This wasn’t what I was expecting. It was enjoyable but not as dark or thrilling as I thought it was going to be. I didn’t really like how it was told because I felt like you couldn’t connect to the characters and their storylines as much. Also until the end we didn’t get to really see how bad the cult was. Also a certain part in this just doesn’t make sense it’s a spoiler so don’t read this but I don’t understand why she would just join it after fighting them for so long. Overall it was enjoyable but nothing amazing like Sadie was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail