Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

337 reviews

rheinzr's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

biblio_simp's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Gaslighting, and Classism

solenodon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

_childuntold's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god… I have no words. Absolutely none... I don't write much reviews so bear with me here.

I went into this semi-blind, taking the content warnings into consideration. And I'm glad I didn't go into this blind because I don't think my mental health could handle it.

This book literally excelled my expectations and to be honest, this book kept me locked in so hard that I had to force myself to put it down (yes it's that good). A complete 10000/10 and a definite reread. 

If you are someone that plans on reading this, please do look up the content warnings as this book has a lot of touchy subjects. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

emmer813's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Outing

beloved_bridget's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

I feel like I saw a tiktok warning about how intense this book is, but I honestly didn't take it seriously. the beginning makes it seem like a bit of a gossip girl remake, but it's so much more than that. I couldn't stop reading especially during the second half, I read it all in one sitting I could not put it down. my heart breaks for chiamaka and devon, so much happens to them it's so tragic. although I'm very glad they got a happy ending, I don't know what I would've done if they didn't

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

v7738v773's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful fast-paced

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

2.25

At times quite predictable and most of the secondary characters seemed very flat. I did appreciate the

surprise wlw relationship

and I grew to like the main characters, even though they were extremely gullible at times - so gullible that it made the plot feel less believable. I did not really take much from reading this to be honest. Not really that stimulating overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt and Fire/Fire injury

maggies'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It's not false advertising to market this book as Gossip Girl meets Get Out. The pace really picked up about halfway through, but I'd say the book could've easily been 100 pages shorter. That said, it was gripping and..."enjoyable" isn't quite the word...but I did really enjoy it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

taviarz's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Definitely reads like a TV show. I just wish we had more scenes of Chiamaka and Devon actually talking to each other and building a friendship. Also thought that maybe the story was trying to cover too much? Like there needed to be moments of relief at points. Overall I thought it was entertaining and had a good discussion on structural racism for the intended age group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

Minor: Death, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

grichmond's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Police brutality and Suicide attempt