Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Vijftig tinten donkerder by E.L. James

13 reviews

nicoletiff's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Cursing, Gun violence, Self harm, Alcohol, Abandonment, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

pomegranate_muse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse and Bullying

No idea why I read the sequel. One of the most boring and awful books I've ever had the misfortune of shlepping through. It was slightly better than the first, but not by much.

natfoster's review against another edition

Truly truly the worst 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Torture, Bullying, Grief, Self harm, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Misogyny

pygmalyoongi's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Eating disorder

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

Guess I was right about the emails lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Torture, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Stalking

mahra's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I will be very blunt. 

I read this when I was 15 (too young, I know), and even at the time I could not believe that a grown adult wrote this. It reads like a bad fanfic written by a teen. 

I am not even going to get into this abusive relationship depicted as romantic, and somehow desirable. Shameful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Violence, and Sexual harassment

lily_sutton's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

I think the second book was better than the first one, but that doesn’t make these any less painful to get through (though they are highly entertaining.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Ana and Christian’s relationship dramatically improved, and this book took back the bad representation of BDSM that upset so many readers. The pacing and plot points are a bit messy, but I actually found myself enjoying this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Self harm

readbyjaimes's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

This was my favorite movie in the series, but there’s something so good about the first book. Another 4 stars for this one though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment