Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

58 reviews

witcheep's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

1.0

This book is so not a good fit for my reading tastes. I was constantly appalled by how Alex seems to get away with anything

and always get his way — by any means necessary, including but not limited to gaslighting, murder, and stalking

. The possessiveness Alex shows is on another level as well. All that is scary, not sexy. 🚩🚩🚩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Self harm and Drug abuse

twoquik's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

bookowl805's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

i read it in just a few days. Alex is a bono and a great book-character (but i won’t hide that i’d probably run away from someone like him).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Hate crime, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

abbyxphoenix's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, and Panic attacks/disorders

honey_pie's review

medium-paced

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

1.0

huge spoiler warning for this review I have a lot to say for some reason but tdlr without spoilers: the first third is fun but then I realised the writing is actually awful and the plot is stupid and Alex is actually insanely toxic and a bit pathetic

anyways

so as I said the first third or so was alright, I got really invested for the first half because I kind of liked the whole enemies to lovers kind of thing even tho they weren't exactly enemies she just didn't like him much and he wasn't interested. but the moment he took interest in her he was just full of red flags like storming into a photoshoot just because she was with another guy and deleting the pics of her like wtf ?? I'm supposed to like this man who's so overprotective she can't have a life of her own if it involves another man (weren't even friends let alone dating at this point btw).

and on top of the countless red flags, there were dumb plot holes like Alex somehow putting Michael in prison only 24hr after they got a confession from him with no court case or ANYTHING. and him discovering stuff about his uncle and literally an hour later the writer saying he had someone researching him "day and night" like it's been literally an hour?? an HOUR?? 

the height of the book was at the 75% mark, I skipped a fair bit after that because it was BORING and then when I did read it the rest was Alex literally following her to London when she wanted nothing to do with him and she had found out he'd been lying to her their whole relationship. and yet he not only hired someone to follow her but shows up and says he is going to be the one following her literally stalking her around London. and he's all pathetic begging for forgiveness and saying he had his heart opened as if he didn't ruin her life, almost gt her killed, STALK HER, prioritise himself at every turn and be insanely overprotective and controlling the whole time. AND SHE FORGIVES HIM

a load of shit imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

emmabeeslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Gaslighting and Drug use

distantdreams's review

mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Why this wasn’t rated higher: The MMC had random and sudden Edward Cullen vibes, as if this was a Twilight fanfic first. That would have been fine, except these moments felt sudden and intense and out of place for the character. There were also multiple scenes of long info-dumping regarding villain and main character motivations. I  lost immersion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

loved this, the tension and spice were great.

i liked the ties between their families in the crime subplot.

i can’t wait to read the rest of the books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

lindsaypeters's review

emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This book had me wishing in the good of people through out. I thought the main character was a little over bearing of the female main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

I did not want the characters together. Alex is toxic AF and I would have gotten myself a restraining order since chap. 5.

Even if I would not be able to since ✨ corruption ✨.

I liked the spice and the mental health representation, that's it.
I will try the sequel to see if the author is going to be a "no-buy author" for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, and Grief