Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan

6 reviews

korikam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death and Alcohol

kreglow's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Rape, and Terminal illness

dr_kat's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a very British ghost story. The romance is buried underneath the many ghosts and the horrible family tragedy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

meganpbennett's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I won a copy of Her Little Flowers from Kensington Publishing, and it was very interesting. Not my usual genre, but an interesting read. It had an extremely so start, with tantalizing snippets of what happened 50 years ago in between chapters. About 80 pages in, it gets really interesting, as the central mystery starts up. 

Thank you to Kensington Publishing for the free Advanced Reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

fairiedancr's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

4.75

Completely engrossing, this novel had me hooked from the start. Following this family and the secrets that unfold will break you and with a haunting sweetness. I could not put this book down. Every moment of this book was powered by love and the language of flowers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcohol and Mental illness

gretel7's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.25

I received this from Netgalley.com. 

A Gothic story with all the right elements.   Ghosts, creepy houses and weird people.  The story is set in present day while reaching back to the 1960's and further.  

An okay read.  Telling the story in duo timelines brings my rating down a notch because this method (IMO) is so incredibly overused and cliche.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Child death