Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge

12 reviews

nancy_97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

I’ve really got to start reading the content warnings. This one felt really graphic and I found myself skipping a lot of scenes. It was a super interesting concept and I thought it was handled well enough, though I did find a few typos which sucked. I don’t think I would have picked this book up if I had seen the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Vomit, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

achay91's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Rape, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Sexism and Drug use

Overall I was intrigued on the mystery and liked the short chapters and pace. However the transphobic terms and misgendering of a character however minor made me not like the book as much.

buggieop's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, Confinement, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Car accident, Self harm, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Vomit, and Excrement

patrissia10's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

sineadisreadingagain's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Domestic abuse

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Excrement, Vomit, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Incest

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Incest, Excrement, Addiction, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Confinement, Rape, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Cannibalism

dannybrown59's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.25

Parts of this book were really good but other parts just felt extremely boring. It dragged a little and didn't really get that interesting until the end. I found that there were just to many povs which made it hard for me to get into the book. Basically the end and the parts about the crimes saved this. Everything else besides Helen was just blah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Vomit, Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Incest, and Rape

ging090803's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Interesting book. Pretty slow, but the idea behind the story is great. I feel like it could have been better but it was still a good read. I liked the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Suicide, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

spectacledbear's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

Really enjoyed this. More than I expected, to be honest. The crimes are disturbing but interesting, and it kept me reading. It's quite a fast paced read, with short chapters, all from different points of view.

Read for book club. Slightly pointlessly, since only one other person had read it and so we couldn't discuss it!

I don't feel very drawn to the other books in the series but I'll probably read the second one, at least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide