Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis

2 reviews

kajoreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

The gore and body horror really delivered. The slasher vibes were on point. If I was rating this based on that alone, it’d be 5 stars. Ellis did an incredible job making it all gross and unsettling.

There was lots of interesting lore involved. Unfortunately it got kinda incoherent at times, or maybe it just didn’t click for me. I was trying to figure out rules for the supernatural elements. Definitely not the right approach.

I really enjoyed Temple and her dad’s relationship. It was a twisted, abusive one, but it felt real. The flashbacks were well implemented imo.

Overall, it’s a strong debut. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Police brutality, and Ableism

courtneys_shelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Physical abuse, Stalking, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia

This book is incredibly intense, as it covers topics of abuse and family curses. However, for this who can read it, it Carrie’s an ultimately hopeful message, and watching a hopeless character grow to realize that she does indeed have hope and support and is ultimately good is worth the read.