Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

16 reviews

mecmccann's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Behind Closed Doors was a better version of the same tropes in The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden. In this book, we follow a young girl who meets and quickly marries who she thinks is the man of her dreams. But on their wedding day, her sister and bridesmaid who has downs syndrome falls down the stairs and breaks her leg. They proceed with the wedding, and her new husband turns on her. He confides that it isn't her that he wants, its her sister. (though it's not clear what for. He said this in the same breath as "having sex with you was cumbersome and I didn't want to do it," so I think he wanted to assault her). He locks her in a room, he takes all her money, he starves her and tortures her. 

It's dark. I don't mind darkness, in fact, I typically like a psychological horror/thriller book. However, this was too straightforward and lacked any suspense. And this main character was not getting that he wanted to rape her disabled sister and put off getting out of the situation until the absolute last second. Is that where the suspense was? I didn't love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Abandonment, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

claraelaine's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, and Death

poopyanna's review

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Suicide, and Infidelity

lucykae's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Abandonment, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, and Misogyny

hugsy85's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I read a lot of dark thrillers and this one made me incredibly uncomfortable. Even though I read the trigger warnings before starting - or maybe I missed some - there were topics that came up that I was not prepared for. 

I had to take breaks and keep reminding myself that it is just a book. The subject matter is unsettling and the amount in which Jack tortures Grace both physically, mentally and psychologically as well as his promises for the future involving Grace's family ... It was a lot 

Overall it did keep me on edge which is the point and I was impressed with the ending. Definitely worth a read if you are into dark thrillers - but again - read the trigger warnings beforehand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Bullying

missgrangerr's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I read this book in a day, I had to get to the ending and find out how this played out. I have to say throughout I struggled with the main character; I found her annoying at times, especially when she is recalling Spoiler the times she attempted to escape from her husband. She kept saying how he couldn't break her yet the whole story seems she was broken already. I also found the premise of why he married her in the first place to be absurd. I thought the relationship between the two would be a more realistic depiction of domestic abuse, however this was more sinister than the typical case. He was an outright psychopath who was obsessed with torture, oppose to just a possessive or controlling person. Which is what kept me from giving it 4 stars. Overall not a bad read, but I thought the book was going to be a little more realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

alenafrankis's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death, Infertility, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Murder, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

violetbentbackwards1036's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Infertility, Torture, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Ableism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Violence

cailinfitzgerald's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Mental illness, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, and Toxic relationship

amberinbookland's review

dark mysterious tense

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Confinement