Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

43 reviews

fri3d_kai's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

so fckin good and pretty gay actually

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

babydog420's review

dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Self harm

ripxreads's review

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Vomit

mcglamery_reads's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

4.0

If you’re a Grady Hendrix fan, you will enjoy this one. I feel like the ending could have been more succinct, but it wasn’t a bad way to end a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

kelldel's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Docking a point because Grady Hendrix is a coward for

not letting them kiss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, and Cultural appropriation

scarabsi's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

CONTENT WARNING:

Descriptions of violence, blood, emeto/vomit, gore, eating disorder, body horror, sexual abuse, parental abuse. And the dog dies.

The stylization in this book is so thorough; if you ever saw the cover design and felt intrigued by its dedication to replicating the look of a retro VHS tape, you'll get exactly what you want and more. Be prepared for heightened emotions of terror and horror both, with some interesting carrots to keep you always wanting to know how it ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, and Death of parent

sunsetcity's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

grimviolins's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia, Slavery, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

l4r4777's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I cried at the end of this book. I was mortified and gross out and thoroughly entertained, and I cried. This book has really intense and gross scenes, and everything else is dark and mysterious and packed with slasher-movie levels of fun. I adored it. Perfect for the spooky season, such a fun, gross book:) Also adore the cover I could stare at it all day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

madlain's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail