Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

56 reviews

mackcundall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

stacsofbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

This book was straight up addictive! I would sit down in the morning to read it and then find myself already having read like 100 pages. This is a book you just can’t stop reading! It is dark, twisted, and heartbreaking. I told you guys before that I just haven’t found a thriller that I genuinely enjoyed, well this book finally broke the cycle. 

I loved that it was broken up into parts and I loved getting a blast from the past throughout. I did predict one of the twists, and I say this all the time, but I suck at guessing twists lol so I can’t decide if me guessing correctly was disappointing or if I am proud of myself 😂 So prepare for me to go back and forth with my rating for days lol I also think the end was a little rushed, but I still think it was really good! 

I’ve only read one other book by this author and loved that one as well! Jennifer Hillier is for sure an auto-buy author of mine now. I need them all 🤩 1,000% recommend this book but definitely check TW’s because it gets dark in some parts!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Abortion, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death, Rape, and Child death

leahka89's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Major trigger warnings. Very good read, but extremely emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cancer, Blood, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Infertility

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Infidelity, Incest, Vomit, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Pedophilia

lbarnhill3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

Wow. This was such a fantastic read! Very emotional and challenging at times. I feel like I would have liked to know more about Kiser’s back story.

I didn’t put the pieces together about Geo’s son until right when Kiser & Kim were. I will say, I didn’t really like that Kiser and Geo end up together. Maybe it’s petty of me, but I didn’t think Geo deserved a truly happy ending. She didn’t deserve a horrible one, but idk, just felt wrong.

PLEASE read the trigger warnings before you start this book and be aware if you have any of them. I didn’t and had to put it down a couple times to process the

sexual assaults

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Eating disorder

martachbc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Addiction, and Abandonment

caerwinstorm's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Rape, Mental illness, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Murder, Incest, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual content, Gore, Cursing, Blood, Misogyny, Death, Child death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

jolikestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Fatphobia, Addiction, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

karipohar's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.5

This book had promise but I didn’t enjoy any part of this book. Trigger warnings for: sa, child murder, attempted incest. 
The characters are flawed and really bad people. Near the end it feels like the author tries to change the readers sympathies by making the murderer more caring. It feels very against the information we've been given up to that point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

hollaylonn's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Rape, and Murder