Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh

3 reviews

klb77's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

“He may not be a good husband but he’ll always be a good father” HE RAPED A MINOR. HE HAD INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH. A. MINOR. fuck spoilers y’all need to understand this book justifies and accepts pedophilia wholeheartedly 

He also uses the existence of the child he sexually abused to emotionally manipulate and trap his wife and turn his own child’s life upside down. Not only does he abuse a child he uses that abuse to then abuse others. OH! and likely was the reason

that poor girl fucking died

BAD. THATS BAD. 

Graphic depictions of self harm and suicidal ideation as well as constant musings and fantasies of domestic abuse. 

The twists and turns were boring and easy to guess. The children and dialogue overall were unrealistic and you could tell what sentences the author threw a thesaurus at compared to the rest of her simple writing. The motivations and plans of the main character make no fucking sense. 

No justice being served for the sexually abused minor AND the murders in this book is fucking despicable. That fucking sucks. 

“Rice crepes” and other moments of culture sanitizing and whitewashing were super weird and felt juvenile. It didn’t even feel like pandering to a wider audience it just felt sanitized and reductionary. 

There was no character development. 

The storm and the timeline felt DEEPLY unrealistic. 

Also why was the fmc GENUINELY so stupid she confused a labelled and capped epi-pen for “drug needles”. bitch it’s an epi-pen. you were told they were in the house. it’s labelled. 

Petty but 3 separate instances of characters comparing themselves to theoretical movie characters is lazy writing and unacceptable in my eyes. Find a way to describe your characters other than identifying them as characters in a situation. We, the readers, performing the act of reading your book, do understand that your characters are characters. 

Blogs don’t “go VIRAL viral”. it’s 2024. 

This was a waste of 4 hours and makes me want to go shower off it’s filth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Self harm, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Rape, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Stalking, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexism

genuinely fuck this

babyfacedoldsoul's review

For a book that says "soon someone is dead" on the back, I found it to be very slow paced. I made it 32% of the way through the book and everyone was still alive when I stopped reading. I found the characters very unlikable. 
That said, I am usually a horror, not a thriller person. From what I understand of the thriller/locked room mystery genre the author does a fantastic job of setting the scene and making the reader feel building dread and a sense of being trapped. This book just wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Bullying

Moderate: Gun violence

torturedreadersdept's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Bullying, Murder, Infidelity, Racism, Misogyny, Vomit, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Dysphoria, Cursing, and Cultural appropriation