Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Voor ik ga slapen by S.J. Watson

40 reviews

jessicahuss's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

em_h_ma's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

Christine becomes amnesiac after an accident and wakes up everyday next to a stranger who happens to be her husband. Day after day, she tries to remember wha happened to her. This book had me on the edge of my sit and I spend the entire time picking my brain apart to find out the thruth.

Definitely didn’t see the plot twist coming and was horrified to find out Ben was actually Mike, the lover.

Great book. 10/10 would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Medical content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, Stalking, and Miscarriage

rossiell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Infidelity, and Cursing

Moderate: Domestic abuse

anabellam06's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

valkyriecain82's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I can understand the complaints that this book spends a long time building up to the reveal of the mystery, but it didn't really bother me or feel too slow. I read this before, and I still enjoyed this, even though I remembered the twists. I'm not sure you can really have much character development or have a lot of other developments, and I wish we got more detail on how

Mike actually died

But this is overall a really entertaining book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking

itsnicholaslashay's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident

floorvm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

😦😦😦😦

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence and Rape

Minor: Stalking

lucifer_morningstar13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wow, what a book! This was a new concept for me, a woman who only had the capacity to retain memories until she went to sleep for the night, starting new the next day. I will say that, to me, the ending and revelations were fairly predictable, but the story was still great to listen to and follow along. I enjoyed the ride and would have given it more stars had it been more original! 
The main character was immediately likable and it was easy to sympathize with her and want her to come out the winner in this -

which is perhaps why I don't mind that the ending was, although left on a cliffhanger, trending towards a happy one

. I would actually be interested in seeing how the story of Christine unfolds after this book ends! I must admit I have not checked to see if there is a sequel before writing this, though I feel that the ending hints that this is not a series. If I am wrong though, I will seek out the second book! 
I enjoyed the hints placed around the book as to who did what and who was for or against Christine. All in all, a very enjoyable read and one I would recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Domestic abuse

Minor: War

kaylashutup's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

2.25

Very slow. It feels like the entire middle of the book could have been taken out and it would have been much better. I usually still don’t mind predictable books but there was just no payoff for me :/

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, and Stalking