Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Risk by S.T. Abby

36 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

scarlett_slayer95's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Torture, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

angel_rod's review

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

chels984's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Gun violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

sarah_amy'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? It's complicated

3.0

Feels too early to give a high rating and it's such a short novel. Intrigued enough to read the next one. Quite graphic on the violence in the name of justice, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. Fair bit of spice. Looking forward to seeing more substance in the relationship than just sex (not that I mind it, but only if it digs deeper than the surface 'because they're hot') and getting into the complexities of the situation they're in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Rape, Gore, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit

aisdorchaling's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Death, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

teryncohoon's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Car accident, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, and Body horror

melani_e4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

I’m making this review waaaay to long after I finished this series BUT the main reason why I recommend this is the fact that when you’re reading it you feel like you’re reading one book and not 5, and even now I genuinely cannot tell you when one book ended and when another started and I swear that I remember the whole story (not word for word obviously). The only thing that i didn’t completely like was the ending *******SPOILER****** I feel like the guy was forgiven waaayyy too quickly, like there wasn’t almost any groveling from him and that frustrated me *********END OF SPOILER******** but aside from that everything else was great. I’m gonna copy and put this review in every book from this series :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, and Sexual content

The warnings are the same for every book

pinkcashew's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This will serve as my review for the entire series, FYI.

ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT ONCE YOU PICK UP YOU'LL NEVER GET, I MEAN, NEVER WANT TO PUT DOWN. 

At first, I am very very hesitant to read it because of the cover but man, ay yayay

I cannot get over how amazingly written this book is. The author's ability to build suspense and keep me guessing until the very end is genuinely remarkable. 

 The story had me on the edge of my seat and so eager to know it all. It's such a gruesome, graphic read that I cried and cried because I felt so angry. I didn't know I could feel my heart stripped of sadness and rage all at once. 

This is one of the books I will never get tired of recommending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, and Death

halliot's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Physical abuse