Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Watchers by A.M. Shine

5 reviews

rosehecker's review

mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Domestic abuse

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse

midnightrose_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Stalking, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Alcoholism

mrsovens'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A fantastically creepy, chilling story.  It's a great one of you want something thrilling without gore ir body horror.  I really love a modern book that adds in twists of folk lore. Some things in the plot you can see a mile off but it does not negate from the fantastic story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Excrement

xx_coco's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Violence