Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

6 reviews

beckywhewhe's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Grief

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide, and Vomit

dejathor28's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I enjoyed the different storylines, it helped keep the story interesting. I started this novel at the beginning of the year and could not get past the first few pages and shelved it. Last month, I decided to give the book another chance and I’m glad I did. The book was pretty predictable at times but it wasn’t unbearable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, Blood, and Bullying

wombat's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.0

I finished this, but I'm not sure that I had to. Everything felt very formulaic and kind of unbelievable. It lacked that "what???" feeling that you hope to get from a thriller/mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

If pregnancy is not great for you right now, probably skip this one. It has a lot of complicated feelings about it.

georgia_pogson's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse