Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

325 reviews

3arth2kaye's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy

katieandkiri's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense 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? No

4.25

This was such a captivating read. I think it’s also worth checking out the Author’s Note at the end. Really e joyed reading this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Bullying, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Outing, and Racial slurs

franksreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Classism, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Outing, Gaslighting, Car accident, Violence, and Toxic relationship

dhutton1997's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO GOOD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Outing, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Abandonment, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

ktopreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

slow burn for the first half. i didn’t feel like the story was very believable for high school - sort of like riverdale. second time i picked it up i couldn’t put it down. i like the two main characters a lot but everyone else im like FOR REAL????? anyways solid read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Bullying, Stalking, Outing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WHAT A HELLA RIDE.... 5⭐

First, I wanna say thank you to Miss Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé for creating the world about Niveus Private Academy. This book is beyond perfect! Well, at the start... it feels usual, but after you read about 40 pages of the story, the chills started. I can imagine myself; there... being Chiamaka Adebayo. I positioned myself as her as I read the whole story.

Ace of Spades simply stole my heart! This book is a brilliant book. Disturbing, giving so many chills, brutally-emotional, scary at some points.. but this book is brilliant. Even scarier even there's no ghosts in this story. 

This book is the one to read and I hella can't put the book down even for only five minutes. The story, the characters, the settings, the plots... are perfect and sickeningly good! 

I never find the thriller-mystery book that left chills so much; even now.. when I write this review and finished reading this already. This book leaves a gasp for me and makes me smirk at the end; the epilogue.

What a perfect of twisted 'oh' ending. All hail, Ace of Spades! ♠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Car accident, Blood, Racism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Alcohol, and Stalking

Moderate: Vomit, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

k8lynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

i love this book!!! could not stop reading it & when i wasn't reading it i was thinking about it. the audiobook only enhanced this experience!!

*also trigger warning for gay people being forcibly outed to the public

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Toxic friendship

thehannahclaire's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Car accident, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Drug use, Homophobia, Death of parent, Violence, Sexism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Classism

daniellekat's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to like this more, but I think I'm just not the intended audience. Although exciting, the plot was somewhat predictable, and full of holes. So many characters were introduced for specific plot purposes only to be completely dropped later. And the characters that did stick around were one dimensional and lacked growth. The 

quick and neatly wrapped up

ending was lackluster and added to the book's strange pacing. This tackled some big and necessary themes, but ultimately missed the mark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Physical abuse, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Stalking

Minor: Police brutality, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Sexism, and Death of parent

violetreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Outing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Suicide attempt