Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

57 reviews

stacym's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

persephone__'s review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Child death, Car accident, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, and Violence

suzanne28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Child death, Torture, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Death

callmejes92's review

dark emotional slow-paced

2.5

This one wasn’t for me. It reminded me a lot of Butterfly Garden which I also didn’t enjoy. I guess I don’t like the interview, retrospectively set books, since both books fall into that category. I also could not stand the redundant use of the word “doc.” Not sure why but the overly repetitive use just irked me. I also didn’t really understand the need for the whole s-x scene with the investigator. It seemed a bit out of place in the storyline and extremely far fetched for a very recent SA victim. In the famous words of the 90’s sitcom: NEXT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

mystarryeyes's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Trigger warning for this book for infant loss, SA, and Physical abuse. The infant loss part of the book was very hard to get through. Don’t read before bed.  But man oh man was this book good. I loved the main character. She’s so human, and I loved how her healing journey was not portrayed as linear. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Child death

raenireads's review

dark 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? No

2.0

This really didn’t work for me. The writing was mediocre due to overly explaining things rather than trusting your reader to get it, to clichés and poor metaphors used by the narrator to describe herself, to trying to make the protagonist sound tough but it coming off as forced, and finally to the framing device which I got tired of halfway through the novel. 
Although the content is meant to be dark, it didn’t impact me as it should have overall because I didn’t care about the protagonist. 
Lastly, the twist ending didn’t add up. It came out of nowhere and felt pieced together by the author as shock value only; sadly it fell flat. 
The only reason I’ve given the book 2 stars rather than 1 is because the plot, mainly the first half, was okay.  I think the framing device had a lot of potential that was wasted on a poorly drawn protagonist, weak writing, and a slapdash resolution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Violence, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Child death

killmoore_'s review

dark sad 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? Yes

5.0

This is one of the most gut wrenching books I have ever read. Just about every twist and turn absolutely wrecked me, and my heart broke for Annie with every chapter. 

I'd give anything to read it for the first time again, ngl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

kintanakely's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Murder, Stalking, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Car accident, Gore, Death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

akrys40's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

Minor: Murder