Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

52 reviews

celticthistle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder

mqueen3814's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Classism

rwindemuller's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

emilyrebeccaehg's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

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A masterpiece. It was easy to keep turning pages to find out what would happen next. And easy to get swept up on the saga of every character. I appreciated the focus on the long-term fallout that happens after trauma while not focusing on the person who caused the trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

araye's review against another edition

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It was just too dark. Not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy

faithhoffmanxo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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This was an incredible read! It’s very intense but worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

thegirlfromthemoon's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Incest

scrimps777's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Miscarriage, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Medical content, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent

calilypso's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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Excellent read, crossing the lines of justice versus right. Deep, invested character development.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent

juperson's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder