Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

American Royals by Katharine McGee

4 reviews

jupitermond's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? It's complicated

1.5

I wish the author would have stayed in her lane and written a silly little, tropey romance novel. Instead, she decided to do some incredibly lazy, half-baked and inconsistent world-building, paired it with Baby's First Political Commentary and the silliest twist ending I've encountered in a while; all of it equating to two less-than-halves of a novel. Also, the conceit of the

social-climbing

plot of one of the four POV characters would have been so much more believable if the characters had been adults. Instead, we're supposed to believe that

she has been manoeuvering to marry the prince since she was FOURTEEN.

The only good thing I can say for this book is that I did finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

reddeddy's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Classism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Body shaming, Colonisation, Sexism, Dysphoria, Grief, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Blood, and Slavery

alexbowie03's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

this book was really good; I did have alot of trouble getting into it in the beginning though. I found the beginning really slow but once things started to pick up it was really enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Grief, Sexism, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Blood, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

toerien_kayrie's review

emotional relaxing sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse