Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

6 reviews

lord_morpheus's review

emotional hopeful tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Outing, Sexual content, Ableism, Vomit, and Body shaming

stacy837's review

hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Narration was slow, listened to at 1.25 speed was way better 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

Moderate: Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

a2_rache11's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

cuppacora's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

I have to say, I wasn't expecting this to be quite so gay. And it worked so well.

This got me so excited about the Pride & Prejudice universe, in a way that I haven't been for a long time. I loved Anne's story, how her health and how she was treated were explored, how her feelings were brought to the surface. I thought it was very clever, and it came across as very real. When I was reading it, it was like of course that's why! It just made sense.

Excellent exploration of quite difficult themes. And I really liked that this wasn't a hopeful book. It was dark, and it stayed dark even as Anne glimpsed happiness. It felt almost heavy on my soul to read, almost crushing. It's an emotional experience, reading this book, and I wouldn't change a moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

papercraftalex's review

emotional inspiring slow-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

5.0

The Heiress is a romantic Pride and Prejudice retelling/spin-off with such beautiful and romantic writing that it could be by Austen herself. It has such an interesting premise following Mr. Darcy's cousin, but it absolutely takes on a world of its own. The characters are very real and such an integral part of the story. It's slow paced and character driven, following Anne's entire life. I felt so sad at the ending that I almost feel in mourning. Also, the lesbian romance is handled so well and did not disappoint; it's a cornerstone of the story but doesn't come in for a while (but it is so worth it). I recommend this book to anyone who likes sapphic historical romance, strong character growth, and poetic stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Homophobia

nonbinarylibrarianwitch's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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: Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship