Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

32 reviews

prettycloud's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A whirlwind mystery, continually bamboozling and delightful, excellently paced. New clues only lead to new questions, and though the ending is a series of twists, they make sense and satisfy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

No in-text rape but a perspective character has raped women in the past. No in-text drug abuse but a perspective character is still high from previous drug use and there is alcohol use and abuse.

No in-text suicide but a perspective character sees what they think is

suicide. Several murders happen in a thriller/murder mystery context, so there's grief and trauma but the vibe is more action-y and solution-oriented. If you have trauma around the "justice" system, be warned that the main characters

are on trial/imprisoned in a fantasy/metaphysical way, so there's no literal lawyer/judge/prison content, but their freedom will be decided based on a judgment of their actions.

daylateandabookshort's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Started off super strong. However, as the story progressed it was dragged on and on far longer than it should have been. I feel like this book was trying to meet some sort of quota for page numbers or word count, but there are a lot of unnecessary scenes and details that didn't really offer anything to the plot but made it more of a slow dragged out read, especially towards the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

blueberryelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

helenferg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

cassielaj's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is a WILD ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Alcohol

elle_dee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

wooyena's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Blood

leahrosiee's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Most of this book would have been 2 stars for how I struggled through it but it was unlike any other mystery I’ve experienced so it gains another star. Maybe in a different mood or time I would have liked it better. The way the story spirals in on itself is insane and I truly would have never seen the ending coming, which is frustrating and great at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Self harm and Abandonment

maddox22's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

fgmetzger's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol