Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Brutal Obsession by S. Massery

13 reviews

vulcanlibrarian's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, and Emotional abuse

volanscore's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

Picked this up to see why booktwt was talking about this and… I’m just trying to give it 0 stars… man was this book fucking awful. Side note, the “dub-con” and “cnc” tags do not apply to actual rape and masking it as if the victim “enjoyed it” is not dark romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Addiction and Eating disorder

ktbug1217's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Blood

_hb's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I think one of the reviews below had the perfect description- WTF did tiktok make me read 😂

I feel I kind of forced myself to read this one, I wanted to give up cause it kept getting worse around 20-30% (just again not my kind of book but heard good things). I pushed through and I do think it got better hence the two stars rather than the one star. But yeah it also started dragging by the end etc etc so just not on the top of my recommendations for the year put it that way. Also feel the switch of Grayson was really fast he went from very angry and aggressive of wanting to hurt violet to all of a sudden in love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Car accident, Physical abuse, Stalking, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

fredyyee's review

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

ninaw's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Eating disorder

andeng's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

brittmasters's review

The guy MC was an ass but not in a loveable character kind of way. And the female MC was just annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Car accident, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, and Body shaming

breesmith2364's review

adventurous dark tense medium-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

1.0

I’m usually the person who reads reviews saying “the mc is so toxic blah blah blah” and thinks THIS IS THE BOOK FOR ME. And usually I’m not wrong. Usually, I love morally grey characters and dark romances and even nc/dc scenes. 

I’ve found my limit. I knew going in that Grey wasn’t a good guy and that’s okay. But he was downright abusive. There was one point I really felt like he was actually going to choke her to death and it was not in a sexy way. 

It wasn’t just that - it was the verbal and psychological abuse to the extent where I don’t know how any self-respecting woman could end up with that guy after how bad he embarrassed her. The ending did not make any of it worth it to me. The fmc was so stupid and essentially suicidal. Grey really had nothing that made him worth sticking around for anyway which made it even worse. 

I’ve read other reviews that say she learned to stand up for herself and was strong and I’m wondering if we were reading a different book. 

When they finally get their “happy ending,” it’s super out of nowhere with no real transition between the he wants to kill her to the he’s a simp for her. He just suddenly isn’t a piece of crap, leaving me totally unsatisfied. 

I forced myself through it because I heard so many good reviews but I truly wish I would’ve trusted my gut instinct at 13% and abandoned it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

he makes her blow his friend

larat2019's review

adventurous 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Dark bully, enemies to lovers romance. I like the evolution of the FMC from very sheltered to being free with her dark desires. The MMC goes from absolutely abhorrent to understanding his motives. 
HEA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, and Confinement