Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

19 reviews

hanschub's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

definitely dark and not suitable for most (i’d say). read content warnings and trigger warnings before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Stalking, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Drug use

brookey8888's review

dark tense fast-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

Listen I don’t even know. This is really not for everyone and I even had to skim read a part because that was a little to much for me, but other than that this was good. I thought the dynamic was interesting and not something I usually read. The stalker didn’t happen until like the second half of the book which I wasn’t expecting. Honestly if you don’t read dark romance do not read this and if you want to venture into dark romance don’t start with this. The list of content warnings at the beginning gagged me because spider play. I just reread the content warnings and I must of skipped past the warning of what I skim read( but it’s because that was her “dad”). The writing also wasn’t the greatest either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Rape

readrgurl1987's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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: Violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Addiction, Blood, Stalking, Abandonment, and Bullying

Minor: Torture and Cursing

r1vana's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

You see how good we are together, Olivia? We could've had the world, and you had to ruin it. I was going to give you everything you ever wanted. Now I need to take. I nearly have all of you. 

I have your mind. 

T have your body. 

T have your soul. The fear I instill in you. The pain I inflict when you defy me. 

You have a black heart, little sister, but I'll own that soon too.

Tropes: Stalking; taboo: step siblings(not blood related; both adopted); OTT & obsessive MMC and mask & chase play

This may not suite to certain readers so read TW b4.

Malachi and Olivia, both foster siblings, shared a bond that rose above simple family ties; forbidden. But it didn’t stop them.
Malachi considered himself to be Olivia's protector, profoundly has a huge possessiveness and connection with her.
When a situation took steps to seperate them.
Years later, Malachi stalks her and keeps her nearby; as in killing any men who she touches.  The betrayal he feels is still boiling as he not only stalks her but fulfills her darkest fantasy by also satisfying his own taboo lust.

It’s been a while since I’ve read a dark romance to this extent. Please read the TW! I did enjoyed it. It was crazy and to keep in mind that some things are meant to stay in books.
There are some ow drama(for thoses who don’t like that.)
And MMC communicates with sign languages; Rep. and a somewhat sub: He's waiting for instructions, the clueless look in his eyes making me giddy -Malachi Vize, innocent only for me, on his knees for his sister, looking like I own him.

Not so innocent as he acts:
Malachi: Since you're teaching me everything else, will you teach me how to say your name? I might fuck the pronunciation up a few times, but I want to know how to say it.

PSA; it wasn’t as dark as I expected based on others reviews.
PSA2; I still do not like their parents especially their mom for selling her daughter’s virginity.
PSA3: Malachi is a sociopath: Go kiss your future husband, little sister. And when you do, you better think about me and all the ways I'll fuck you in his blood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Self harm, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Kinks mentioned by the author: heavy somnophilia, eNC, dubious consent, drugging, branding, choking, with other kinks like brother-sister kink, knife play, primal play, blood play, pain, screwdriver, fear, light breeding, anal and spider play

book_s1ut's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Incest

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Murder, and Child abuse

averirachel's review

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Death

alijaywat's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

Jesus fucking Christ, what a ride
Check your triggers warning for the love of god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Physical abuse

persephone__'s review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Stalking

howboutjane's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

OBSESSED... 

I f'kin inhaled this book. Leigh pushed the limits of dark + taboo with this novella. It is deranged and twisted. Nothing about what happened in this book is okay. But it was also beautiful and raw and had me bawling like a child by the end of it.

This is not feel good or cozy. It's heavy smut with taboo kinks and fetishes. If you're one of those people that like to skip trigger warnings...Don't. Do not set yourself back years of growth + recovery because you wanted to f'ck around + find out.  If you've read the synopsis, trigger warnings, took time to reflect and think you can handle it then buckle up and get ready for the darkest ride of your life. Malachi is THAT psycho. 

"Run Little Stranger" 😈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Physical abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Death of parent

hannaspages's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.5

This book feels like a fever dream… 
I was told that Malachi was a Zade dupe but he is giving schizophrenia/ an autistic joker vibe instead. 
Some of the scenes really threw me for a loop though,

like when he shoved a skrewdriver up the fmc’s ass?

I would say that this book is more like ‘The Dare’ and not Haunting Adeline, it’s definitely heavy on the kinks.
Some of the scenes don’t make sense as well, like the end

where the father that Malachi almost killed and whose blood he fucked his sister in, suddenly just accepts that his kids are in a relationship…

The 2 stars I gave are for the narrators because they were actually good, but the story lacked plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Rape, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Blood, and Violence