Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Saison d'orages et de silence by Roseanne A. Brown

52 reviews

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

emotional tense

5.0

Whew, I don't even know what to say about this. It certainly lived up to book 1!!
My poor babies Karina and Malik go through so much in this story 😭
I adore this duology. All of the loose threads are wrapped up excellently and yet I still want more. The depictions of mental health struggles in particular are so well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death, Grief, Body horror, Colonisation, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

brennar16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Violence, War, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Grief

alliei's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

💗 check trigger warnings 💗

- enemies to lovers & slowburn romance 
- soft boi male lead & a badass confident female lead 
- anxiety rep (which i 100% relate to) 
- diverse & complex characters
- the overall story and how it developed?? YES

what more could u want 😭

*The reason why this isn't a 5-star read is just a personal thing. I took too long reading it and stopped at a crucial part in the book, which kind of ruined the buildup. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Self harm, Child abuse, and Death

isleoflinds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

althebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, War, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse

meluhnie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

How is this book going to be this good, then go and have that ending. <Not even ending up together?! Hypothetically ending up together, over a decade later, in the epilogue, is not what we (me or Malik/Karina) deserve after EVERYTHING.> But yeah the rest was amazing and I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Incest, Kidnapping, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Personally just hated thr ending. Left feeling unfulfilled. After two whole books and all this built up soul-mates and destiny, they only end up together *hypothetically* in the monologue. Why. WHY?! That is some bullshit. And fade to black... AFTER ALL OF THIS. no. Everything else was amazing. Malik and Karina are amazing.

jessica_is_reading's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Torture, Racism, Murder, and Grief