Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

La Vida Invisible de Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

16 reviews

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

4.75

5 for escapisms sake
i had a lot of fun with it and the ending was satisfying sometimes thats all i want need from a book 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

Minor: War and Blood

annie_g00's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

gwooby's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

madmilliner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

I wanted to like this story, especially because the writing is so beautiful.  The words, and scenes are a cross between poetry and art.

It is the ultimate manic pixie dream girl vs depressive demon nightmare boy, I felt it was trying too hard and was somehow ¿oversaturated? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Torture, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Kidnapping, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Blood, Addiction, Abandonment, and Torture

waywardkangaroo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This may be one of the best books I've ever read. The relationship between Addie and Luke in contrast to the one between her and Henry is wonderful. It's reflective in a very timeless way, but manages to keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time. It must've taken years to write this book, and I have a lot of respect for the author for producing such a masterpiece. 

I had one main issue with the book, and that was the rather forced diversity. The author seems to have put every ethnicity, belief, and race possible in the story, and it didn't feel organic to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

smaber23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse