Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Sinners Anonymous by Somme Sketcher

20 reviews

zayyssa's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Violence, Dementia, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gore

Moderate: Deadnaming

Minor: Confinement

bookswhitme's review

dark mysterious 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

I’m officially hooked. The tension in this book was off the charts and so was the dark chemistry between Rory and Angelo. The bird word thing was annoying, but as the story went on, I got used to it. The church scene and the scene at the Halloween party? TOP TIER! This book technically ends on a cliffhanger, but just about everything is wrapped up. It just means we know some of the stuff to expect in book two.

Only thing I didn’t enjoy were the reminders that Alberto was disgusting and how that was tied to his weight. That man was horrible and disgusting all on his own, so making his weight part of the punchline was unnecessary.  The “villain is unattractive and disgusting especially because he’s fat” thing is played out. Can we let it go?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Dementia

francess_m's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gun violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

roznn's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gun violence, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

gracehannahh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

At times it did kind of feel like I was reading a Wattpad novel from 9th grade. I'm not sure if that was due to the writing style or the fact it was a mafia story which tends to be more awkward/cringe for me. Regardless, I still enjoyed the plot and both the main characters and side characters. I particularly liked Rafe and Tor so I'm excited to hopefully see more of their friendship in the next book. The plot-twists were quite predictable IMO. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

pagepixie's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.75

This book is pretty fucked up…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Death, Rape, and War

Minor: Gore, Sexism, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual content, Cancer, and Blood

aliyah0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Tbh, I expected more from this book. The writing was cringe sometimes and the characters gave me some second-hand embarrassment in some scenes. 

The book was not terrible but definitely on the lower scale of good mafia books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Rape

leticiamacedosz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

Minor: Blood and Chronic illness

lanawhite's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts