Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did by Monica Murphy

6 reviews

tinkerswiftie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I could not be more obsessed with this book! My love story is very similar to this one so it hit home. I am floating after binging this audiobook in one day. 🤪🙌😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Abandonment, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Stalking, Incest, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

kmsmith_99's review against another edition

There was an effort to create a BDSM atmosphere. It felt more like an off-brand Fifty Shades of Gray. Think about what you thought BDSM was in high school. Now, imagine that said high schooler writing a book about BDSM. Boring and anti-climatic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

andycob's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

lani38's review against another edition

I freaking hated this book. How tf is he even allowed to live. He was a new level of asshole that I have every read about. He did not care at all about her and is just an asshole that gets off on degrading others?? For some reason most of Monica Murphys books have guys that act this way. Which is why I said last year that I wouldn’t read any more of her books, but when I read A Million Kisses in your Lifetime’ and actually enjoyed it, I thought, why not read this. Anyway this was probably the worst book I’ve read this year and would not recommend this to anyone. I also dnfed this at 35% because I didn’t want to torture myself any more.
Also the victim blaming in sexual assault is just not okay on any level whatsoever. How can any of the reviewers, who give this more than one star forgive this? She was literally just existing, then got attacked and apparently it’s her fault? Because of the way she dresses? I’m honestly blaming all the reviewers, who gave this anything but one stars and the author. Who still allows her to keep writing the same types of books?? Always misogynistic “alpha” guys, who love to suppress and degrade women. 
A note for Monica Murphy: are you okay? What happened in your childhood, that you keep writing this horrible view for women. 
And how tf can anyone support this, by giving it a good rating!!!!!
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexism, Violence, and Sexual harassment

hollllaaaay's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

The only reason why I provide a 3 stars is due to the ending, It provided me enough. 
The Jane Austen quote "if a book is well written, I always find it too short." Does NOT match 'things I wanted to say.'

The book was way to long winded, why did Summer have to be assaulted twice for Whit to mark her as his. 
I loved how he chose her in the end over everyone.  Whit grew as a character the most for me in the book, Summer stayed the same, obsessive, submissive, boring character the whole time. 
Also why did we jump so many years, the time lines were all over the place near the end. 
I wished more from Summer to prove herself and not just sign a document to state she didn't want his money, she never made something of her self in the end she became the thing she said she did not want to be. "A breeding machine for the Lancaster name."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

faefolkreads's review against another edition

challenging 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a very addictive read, but also quite dark and brutal. There were things in this book that just didn’t sit right (victim shaming and their ages to start) but over all it was an easy read. As a ‘Bully-Romance’ there are tonnes of trigger warnings, however I found Summer and Whit fed off each others ‘darkness’ and worked so well together. Whit is absolutely filthy and this book is honestly 90% smut and 10% plot 🤷‍♀️ I quite enjoyed the span of time this book spread, so you felt like you got most of their story.

TW: attempted sexual assault (on page), victim blaming for said attempted SA, derogatory terms, non-consensual sex, rape (off page/alluded to), bullying, drug and alcohol use

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse