Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

337 reviews

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! This is why I put this book in the front line of my Spooktober reads. Spooky things not always comes from ghosts thingy, am I right?

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

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

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

miru18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

wooooowww okay… okay. THE PLOT TWIST IS ACTUALLY AMAZING and there were multiple minor plot twists too. 
from time to time i thought this story was too crazy to feel real but knowing the us, i’m sure this daily life of a victim of institutionalised racism is the way it is. 
This book hat me gripping my toes from excitement and gasping after every plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

mothmans_secretary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, and Racial slurs

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

sammirosewater's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

klathe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

A twisting plot with a strong portrayal of institutionalised & systemic racism's many branches and pervasive reach. I still can't believe this is a debut, I'm excited to read more of Faridah's work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Outing

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide attempt

claireredd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit

spaghettii's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

All the kids at that school were so rude throughout the whole thing, fuck them kids. 

If I went to school with kids like that I would've burned the whole thing down long before the protesters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

sadieh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Drug use and Racial slurs

smarty007's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Toxic friendship