Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh

19 reviews

jbfletcher's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Vomit, Violence, and Emotional abuse

al_davies_jones's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

aubrey_rose's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Death

emcheym's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

0.25

This book was very strange and I really disliked it. I feel like I never figured out what was going on. I couldn’t tell you if this book is set in the past or the future, or the characters ages, or what happens to them. It just felt like a lot of sex, violence, and cursing and no real plot or character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cursing, Suicide, Death of parent, Confinement, and Grief

breanneporter's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

Sigh. This just wasn’t for me. It’s quite dark, with far more descriptions of abuse and torture than I had expected, and I’m not totally sure how to feel at the end. It was quite slow and I agree with other reviewers who said it might have functioned better as a novella, or if Grace had been the primary narrator instead of Lia. I wouldn’t recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Torture, Physical abuse, Violence, Self harm, and Child abuse

awaywiththefairies's review against another edition

The writing is gorgeous, it's just too traumatic to read for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

frazilice's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Self harm

schromrgn's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Gun violence

jcue_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

1.5

This book has an interesting plot that, for me, was not executed well. The characters were very well written, however, the writing became abstract but not in a way that suited this story or the characters, except maybe Grace - at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

solarpunkwitch's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Incest