Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

5 reviews

mirireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

radler's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Grief, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

carolined314's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Fierce ladies, based on a true story, with some real icky violence from men and retribution from the ladies

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Confinement

wizardingwisteria's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a pretty fun read. I noticed in the author bio that this author also likes to write video game narratives and I felt like that shined through in the writing style. I greatly enjoyed the writing style although the two leading ladies can be difficult to distinguish at times. A few times I had to flip back a few pages and check the perspective because their inner voices are a little too similar.  Other than that I felt like the narrative was easy to glide through. If there ends up being a sequel I would be interested in picking it up. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Blood

qraveline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Death, and Suicide