Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

90 reviews

mickraine's review

adventurous dark lighthearted tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Classism, Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Animal death

Moderate: Excrement, Medical content, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Abortion, Torture, Gore, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

Minor: Rape, War, Blood, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

theyannibannireads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

extra stars for the depiction of female friendships, that bit felt real the rest if the book was fine, kinda scary but that might just be cuz i read it alone at night. characters were stereotypical. i hated everyone who wasn't the girls but kinda got that was vibe the book was going for. like it was fine, a good distraction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Classism, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

zerosiero's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic friendship, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

tharumi's review

dark funny mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Vomit, Rape, Eating disorder, Death, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Emotional abuse

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Very meh. Not as good as I had hoped since I generally liked The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. There were a few issues that gave racism for no real reason. And the idea of a guy writing about young girls, especially young girls in a semi-sexual-esque traumatizing way, doesn't sit super well with me. This doesn't deserve the hype. It started out semi promising, then it got pretty slow, then it picked up and was a let down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Medical content, and Vomit

geektastically's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a really interesting and well written book. You feel the inspiration but once you get to the later half of the book some of the content really got to me because of how well the relationships and characters were written. Be careful reading this for sure. I'm only giving it a lower score because the back half really shook me and I had a hard time with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Grief, Sexism, Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Vomit, Body horror, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

melliedm's review

dark funny 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

3.5

A gross, fast-paced, campy story of friendship in the face of growing up (and demons). 

Felt like the sapphic undertones were purposeful (lampshades! Lampshades everywhere!), but completely unfulfilled. How you can go from DBNQ to DAQ and then tell me how they ended and miss the chance to complete the sentence is a disappointment. But it was a fun read despite that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Classism, Cultural appropriation, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

redhothabanero's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I wish we got more about their friendship at the beginning of the book. Gretchen gets possessed early on and so we don't get to see them be the kind of best friends that they are at the end of the book. Overall, it was fine but forgettable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Body shaming, Classism, Drug use, Blood, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Body horror, Bullying, Racism, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

yungblonde's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Rape, Sexual violence, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Racism, Death, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Excrement, Slavery, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

maddox22's review

dark tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Vomit, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Gore, Self harm, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship