Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Tu by Caroline Kepnes

34 reviews

theimposter's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

vkitoria's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

this is a book of many contradictions. it’s difficult to read, yet impossible to put down. joe is a horrifying lunatic, yet so painfully human as a narrator. you want to root for beck or the people in her life but you just can’t because shit, joe is right, they ARE terrible.

i watched the show when it came out, before reading this, and i was still gasping over every plot point i already knew about because the tension is just that good. maybe one of the best horror novels i’ve read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

jessw17's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

megselyane's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Abandonment

snwalsh's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

xfallenxnightx's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Very unsettling, being written from the perspective of Joe is an interesting voice choice that makes the novel even more uncomfortable to read. Many scenes had me cringing. All the characters are completely unlikeable in my opinion, but something about that made the novel more appealing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse

chinaskye12's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

violetsonata93's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It’s the first time I read the actual book. I had seen the show, than listened to the audio book (which is truly fantastic btw, I highly recommend it, loved the narrator). I just love how well the author captured the psyche of seriously deranged Joe. It’s like entering the mind of a narcissistic, APD-ridden person. 

Not a five star for me because some parts ran a little too long imo, but it’s still unique enough and a solid thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

teijamitchell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

paigemistler's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship