Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

49 reviews

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.0

A story about a group of girls who team up to take revenge on the vampire that turned them? Such a great premise for a story. At times, I wish the world and the relationship would have been a bit more fleshed out. The pacing also felt a bit off at times, which kind of pulled me out of the story.

But the references to traditional vampire stories throughout will really make it fun for vampire fans. Holly is a great narrator, and her snide comments about vampires and people's views of vampires just make the story more fun to read.

All in all, if you're looking for a quick, entertaining vampire story, this one would fit the bill!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and Dementia

ednam0dewannabe's review

adventurous emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Dementia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

spacexgay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

mollyanne624's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Dementia

Minor: Vomit

toralea32's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Dementia, and Mass/school shootings

layn_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

This was so fun. I want more books like this!

Rep: bisexual female MC, sapphic female love interest, aro-spec female side character, questioning asexual female side character.

CWs: Blood, death, emotional abuse, gaslighting, gore, injury/injury detail, murder, sexual content (moderate), toxic relationship, violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

toofondofbooks_'s review

dark funny lighthearted 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

I liked the first half of this book enough that I was going to give it 5 stars, but the second half kind of chipped points away for me. As always, I wanna start with the good aspects. The first of these being that this was campy and fun most of the time. I highlighted a ton of parts that made me laugh, there was so much of it that was darkly funny. Another thing I really liked were the two vampire "sidekicks" (but let's face it, they were kind of running shit) Ida and Rose. I thought they were far more interesting than our main character, whose name I kept forgetting 💀

The things that bugged me are as follows: the romance was weak. I felt like it was a little forced and I have an idea for a different route it could've taken that would make it better. I also think the book would've been better from Rose or Ida's point of view, or switching points of view, but I understand why it wasn't. There was also sexual content that made me uncomfortable. It didn't feel like it belonged in what I'm pretty sure is a YA novel, but maybe that's just me. Also, I found the way they disposed of their kills to be a little too convenient and unbelievable, even for a vampire story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying

make_believer's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

John Tucker Must Die meets Jennifer’s Body. It’s perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment