Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Souls and Sorrows by Sav R. Miller

16 reviews

mkc_0423's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Death

abimay02's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Murder, Body shaming, Rape, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Death of parent

emrosesam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Torture, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

madeleineelr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

0.5

man i read this because of like a quote i saw on ig reels and did NOT know it was a mafia romance... safe to say it wasnt for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Incest, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Incest, Infidelity, and Cursing

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

emmarmclaughlin's review against another edition

dark medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

sm_ash's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

What the fuck was this book even about? What was the plot??? Cash's entire "reasoning" for marrying Ariana wasn't explained throughout. It was all just their whining and sex. 

 
the "surprise" factor of keeping Papa alive was so obvious. Also - I love dark romance to its core but Cash constantly referring to Ariana as his property and how she needed to "behave" before they had even set any ground rules or expectations gave me the instant ick. I just couldn't like either of them 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

chelsearose's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

charbookchar's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

pia4599's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

honey_coated_chapters's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

Here’s the thing — I didn’t hate this book. I just didn’t like it. There were so many plots (a criticism my best friend made that put my thoughts into words.) The author needs to pick a plot and stick to it. 

There was too much happening and not in a good way, the book felt disjointed and like it was attempting to be more substantial than it actually was. 

- is this about Ariana and Cash? 
- is it about Cash’s mom/family/siblings/father? 
- is the book about Ariana and her family/mom specifically? 
- is it about her trauma? 
- is this about the mafia? 
- is it just about their relationship? 

It’s totally possible to have a book involving all those points ^^^ and not make those instances/situations essentially their own plot. It was too much and not enough. The smut scenes were great and I think if the author just focused on writing a dark romance novel without trying to shove an underdeveloped but overcooked and over-explained plot down our throat it would’ve worked a lot better. Another thing I dislike is when an author thinks their readers are stupid and doesn’t leave anything to be interpreted or understood… the abuse was over explained and really darkly shoved down our throats to the point that I was more annoyed than sympathetic. 

was it entirely necessary to make her mom the abuser? Couldn’t it have been done literally any other way? Her mom would’ve been the one to sell her out, or abuse her physically even. It was so intense with “does he tell you he loves you after you fuck? I remember how much you liked it when I did that.” LIKE WHY? That’s too much. You can make her a creep and a villain without doing all of *that.* ALSO how the fuck is Cash a virgin? i believe in the existence of a murderous doctor than I do a 32 year old hot lawyer being a fucking virgin… what is that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault