Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Risk by S.T. Abby

9 reviews

corrina_d's review

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Torture, Confinement, Car accident, Cursing, Rape, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, and Gore

theonewheresamreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Uh oh spaghetti-o 😬 hdhdhdhdh no this book is so fun tho🤩🥰 short too, ignore that it took me 12 days to finish🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Police brutality, Rape, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Stalking, Vomit, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Homophobia, Outing, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Classism, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Medical content, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

nasya_4567's review

adventurous dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I love this… I love the whole plot and the idea of a

killer dating the FBI agent trying to track them down,

cause that means every moment is a tense one. 

Weirdly enough all the killing scenes are very empowering 💀

I really love Lana and Logan, they are so baby gorl. All the spicy scenes are perfect, they are not overwhelming and are in moderation making them seem real and “natural”. It also makes them more impactful. I also like how they only have a spicy scene if it furthers the story so that’s amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

528's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Die Bücher haben mich so in den Bann gezogen dass ich alle 5 Bücher an einem Tag gelesen habe.
Sehr DARK sehr emotional aber sehr gut.
Beide Seiten des falls zu lesen (FBI und Mörder) und für beide Seiten mitzufiebern oder allgemein in der Lage zu sein für einen grausamen Mörder mitzufiebern und auch die Entwicklung der FBI-ler zu lesen war ultra gut umgesetzt.

Die Rückblender mit Vergewaltigung und Folter habe ich für mein Seelenheil nur grob gelesen aber war gut.
Unbedingt davor die Trigger Warnungen beachten.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty and Car accident

crinkledmochi's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

OOP 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Child death, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Car accident, Child abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pedophilia

Minor: Biphobia, Alcoholism, and Addiction

wickedgrumpy's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I'm conflicted.  This legitimately reads like some Criminal Minds fanfiction.  It's not particularly well written, but it is engaging.  I plan to read the second in the series, because it's compelling and ended on a cliffhanger.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Rape, Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Violence

kendallllllll's review

challenging dark tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, and Death

anjalis828's review

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

A serial killer and FBI agent fall in love.
The series progresses as the FBI agent is working on the case, and doesn't know that it's actually his GF that's brutally murdering people.

I read all 5 books in this series, and I found the author's writing style easy to read. It wasn't annoying though repetitive at times. Nothing is hidden, there isn't much suspense, and the series is Wattpad-ish.

The good.
The humor isn't your typical copy-paste Wattpad humor. The jokes are genuinely funny at times.

The bad.
Dark (Morbid) romance is the genre.
Morally this book is just trying to justify all these murders throughout. It is pretty apparent the writer doesn't actually know much about profiling, serial killers, and psychology. The flippant nature with which sexual abuse, domestic abuse, serial murders, etc are romanticized or dealt with didn't sit right with me. I understand that this book is meant to be a romance series.

Also, there are a lot of detailed murdering sequences.
But all in all - I really liked how the writer was self-aware, basically admitting at the beginning of the series that she understands it's a fucked up series.

I detest the covers. Why such ugly book covers?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

manonswife's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

OK, oka
Lana is a badass. The romance sucks, too forced. The plot is interesting. Will I read the second book? Idk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit