Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Death's Obsession by Avina St. Graves

14 reviews

e_mckay's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.25

This book just made me depressed. I usually love books about death personified but this just didnt do it for me. Maybe it was because it was so short and didnt have much character building so i didnt feel a connection or attachment to any character. Liliths continuous grief and numbness and allowing her bf to basically use her for money and cheat on her really turned me off and she just let it happen. I felt icky

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

skillyillian's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Okay okay okay booktok got me interested and I read it in a day. I'm def familiar with dark stories and monsterfucker type beats so I figured, what the hell, why not?

A friendly reminder to check TWs, the author also has it in the front of the book.

I wish this had been more fleshed out, and Lilith didn't have a ton of personality, but I didn't mind either of those things too much. Letum was so kind, the small things he does for her made me smile, and giving her space to figure out what she needed was a step away from what most dark romances have. The nicknames could be a bit much sometimes but I won't really complain bc they were cute and it wasn't the exact same one over and over (looking at you, little mouse). Overall, more compassionate shadow daddies concerned for your mental health, please. 

I'm not really into the tiddy slap variety of smut, buuuuut it was still probably spicier than almost anything else I've read before. I'm also still dipping my toes into true dark romance tho (they say, having read manacled in less than four days).

The ending was fine, idk why people are so pressed about it? I felt like it tracked pretty decently with context from the rest of the story.

Not the most groundbreaking of monsterfucking by any means, but nonetheless a good read for something quick, fun, spicy, and dark. I wouldn't be opposed to reading more from this author 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

theartistreader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

Tropes:
-Death/Grim Reaper × human soulmate
-Sweet hero
-Broken heroine
-🌶️ Scenes with both Death + his shadow 

This was such an amazing debut book, I don't think I've ever been so hooked. People complained about the trigger warnings and spice but I honestly can't see their issue. Is it wrong of me to be demanding another book by this author already?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

fnicholee's review

dark inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Death