Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

What Hunts Inside the Shadows by Harper L. Woods

4 reviews

emma97louise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

I found myself going on a love/ hate roller coaster the entire time with this book. Between questionable toxic relationships, deep set misogyny (humans) , love and desire and plot twists.

you found out that caelum is caldris and estrellas his mate, but what is she ?

Ultimately I loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide attempt

wrensreadingroom's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Self harm, Classism, Death of parent, Torture, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Violence, and Blood

cassie12_21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

3.5

Cliff hanger. I wanna kms rn. 😭. More smut in this book though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Torture, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Stalking, War, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Suicidal thought are not due to depression.

bakunzi1990's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

There are some parts of this book that I love so much I feel like you'll always be inside my heart however there are some parts of the book that were so out of the norm and pornographic that I had to detach myself from the book and situation.  It would have been an easy 5 stars without all the strangsex. That's just not my thing. 

It's feminist in one line then in another I'm cringing from the language he uses with the MC. Kinda gives mixed signals as if the author herself was conflicted herself. 

The world building was top notch as well as the friendships. The evolution of the MC is as well. I'm still looking forward to the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape