Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Fated Throne by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

15 reviews

torij2000's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Murder

Minor: Bullying

gginnola's review

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

i thought cursed fates was depressing but this installment was pretty much suffering the whole way through and none of them could catch a break. the last 20% got balls-to-the-wall insane and then they had that goofy avengers assemble ass scene but i was just so relieved at a reprieve from the endless sense of doom that i was eating it up. caroline and susanne will of course need to be dealt with for the other thing that happens in the last 20%, because if they commit to it i will have to bill them for my therapy. 4 months' worth at least.

the character development in this book was so good; all of them grow but seth, darcy, and darius specifically shocked me in a very good way. if i'm honest more seth + darcy than darius because he was stubborn about his stupid politics until pretty much the very end but i feel like he really turned a corner. i've never hated seth as much as i should've but he really improved in this book and made an effort to be a better person (not sure why but i'm not complaining) and darcy got the chance to step up and gain self confidence. she's always seemed pretty docile and amenable to a fault next to tory but she's shown she's not to be underestimated at all and i loved it so much; i knew she was capable of it and it's so satisfying i feel like a proud mother!!

i'm sure geraldine's dialogue is objectively way over the top but in the 800 pages of psychological torture i was just happy for something silly to amuse me so i didn't throw my phone at the wall. again the last 20% just got batshit crazy but i loved it; it felt like they were finally able to land a strike after so long waiting and preparing. on another note i really feel for xavier (i swear this is not girl hate but) i don't think sofia deserves him at all. she's really nice as a character otherwise but xavier deserves to have someone that cares about him as much as he cares about her and she doesn't really fit that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Genocide, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Bullying, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Rape

student/teacher relationship

jesshart8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Shiiiiiitttt. This series is like that awful, guilty pleasure TV show you like, that you don't really know why you keep watching but you have to keep going. Like how I used to watch Degrassi in my 20s. 

Anyway, this book had too many POVs. Some were only 2 pages long?? Not necessary. 

Some shit happened I didn't enjoy at all but I'm gonna focus on the good. 

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Tory and Darius! F*ck yes! I hope I don't regret this hope building up inside of me. 

Darcy and Orion, thank f*ck! I was gonna be more than pissed if Darcy kept behaving that way toward Orio. 

And until this book I was 100% still a Seth hater, but he really redeemed himself here. And him being with Caleb would honestly be amazing. 

Geraldine! Her whole family is amazing!

But, let me backtrack to the best f*cking part of this damned book.... Darius and *Mildred* in the suite after the wedding.
I choked on my coffee.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, and Sexual content

faith99's review

adventurous dark lighthearted slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Rape

lyla_wicks's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

did feel very slow paced at first, and took me a while to fully get into it, as i just didn’t really like reading about the circumstances in which the last book left us, but really started to love it more when the plot picked up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Physical abuse

_alyssar_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

isamoledo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Classism, and Gaslighting

briochebun's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

4.25 out of 5 ☆’s.

“It was time for the King and his army to fall. And the Vega Queens to rise.”

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To quote The Script: “I’m still alive, but I’m barely breathing.”

If I’m being honest — I don’t know if I have enough emotional energy in me to continue the series…

(I will be starting ”Heartless Sky” soon regardless, though, because if I take a break now then I just know that I will never gather up the courage to read it…)

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Wish me luck! ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Torture, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Classism, War, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Alcoholism

jackeline_cruz_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence