Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

All's Well by Mona Awad

5 reviews

biobeetle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death

enchanted_reader32's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

1.5

‘”𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜, 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢. 𝚈𝚘𝚞, 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗, 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙰𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞?”’

Thank you to @jonathanballpublishers for the gifted copy!

Miranda is a woman in pain. She was an actress who fell off of the stage and is now permanently damaged. Her career as an actress was gone and there was a constant ache in her leg, hip and back. Then she meets three men who give her the power to transfer her pain onto someone else. 

This woman was unhinged in a Macbeth kind of way. None of the story made sense to me and I was left wondering what exactly I had just read at the end. This is neither a light read nor a good one and I was very disappointed that I had spent six days to finish it.

I saw that some folks gave this book 4 – 5 stars and I’m happy that they could understand the story but I was lost (and a little grossed out, to be honest). Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this story and I’m sorry to say that I wouldn’t recommend it.

𝚀𝚞𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜:

“𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝙸’𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑. 𝙸’𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.”

“𝙾𝚞𝚝, 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎. 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎’𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠. 𝙰 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

marissab's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Addiction, and Body horror

Minor: Blood, Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

beccam22's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Ableism, and Gaslighting

parkerwkelly1's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Emotional abuse