Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Twisted by Emily McIntire

19 reviews

angelofthetardis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The last of the Never After series available on the Audible Plus catalogue until the end of this week, and it's definitely a case of saving the best until last. 

The narrators of this were spot on for the characters, and they were both engaging and easy to listen to. They suited the characters they were playing, and neither made any major changes when giving voices to other characters - it's certainly less 'acted' than the others in the series, and as a result works so much better. The male performance has also vastly increased my liking of Julian as a character - he may now be my favourite leading man of the series!

They also brought the story to life very well. I was able to more readily engage with the storyline and get more out out of it than I was from my initial read (although I admit that might be down to the fact I had read all of the books in very quick succession, whereas the audios force you to slow your pace). I am pretty confident that this audio will allow me to enjoy the physical book more the next time I pick it up, which I don't necessarily think is the case with the others in the series. 

I also like the fact that this one has the extended epilogue included - the rest don't (but fortunately I have the ebook versions of them).

Out of all four books I've listened to from the series, this is the audio I'd buy without hesitation. Definitely deserves an increased rating from the first read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, Cursing, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Classism

kylasmv15's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Cancer, Child abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Medical content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

lisa07xie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked it! A enemys to lovers romance and Yasmin and Julian uff they are so perfect for eachother and it was thrilling to see their story developed and see how they change for the better! I loved the topics this book talked about and I thought it was quite interesting. I knew Aidin was bad from the beginning though I knew he was just gonna use her! Shoutout to Isabella though she is so cute and I love her role I have never heard of getting rid of dead bodys like this so that was fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Terminal illness, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Torture, and Toxic friendship

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Hands down my favorite of the series so far. Their whole dynamic was so good and hot af. My only real complaint is that the side characters were so one dimensional again. Like we get two very interesting main characters and everyone else is like vanilla and some of their choices don’t even make sense. 

Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Dom/Bratty Sub, 3 3/4 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Grief, Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

kaelizaco's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

kyrstinmikal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Oh my goodness... I can't even begin to explain my love for this book! Enemies to lovers, stockholm syndrome, the build-up for the characters to finally come together, just pure amazing. This is my 3rd book in the series that I've read, and it's taken 1st for me so far... I thought Wretched was good, but damn this just blew it out of the water. It gives off Aladin vibes but soooo much darker. I'm truly left wanting more, Julian is the perfect vilian, and Yasmin is so sassy and stubborn. I love it. The plot twists just kept me hooked!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Cancer

ricaax's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, and Gore

laneylane573's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Well written but predictable in almost every aspect. It was fine

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Cursing

jacintajeffriesss's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Blood, Cancer, Torture, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Child abuse, and Violence

summer_wihone1's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved this book. The chemistry between Julian and Yasmin was incredible and I loved the character development of them both. I will definitely read more fairy tale reimagining books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Child abuse