Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E.L. James

6 reviews

kdtoverbooked's review against another edition

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? Yes

1.5

Ewww…. I had a hard time stomaching this book. It definitely did not do for me what the original trilogy did. Reading about him thinking about beating her to her limit was too much.  It felt more as a reaction to abusive relationships in his past than a kink.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Abandonment

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

Hm. I just. I’m not sure it’s necessary for this to exist. It’s not different enough from the first book and doesn’t add very much, the only reason this gets bumped from 2 stars to 3stars is for the last few chapters where Christian’s POV is actually insightful. In reality this is just written for the die hard fans who wanted more but EL James didn’t have any more in their brain to continue to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Self harm, Cursing, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Homophobia, Stalking, and Torture

nidaelboustany's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Child abuse, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse

mimccub's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

rynicolereads's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Adult/minor relationship