Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

415 reviews

kayla_danielson's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, and Murder

eliza_beth_23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Medical content, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Dementia, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, and Forced institutionalization

cole_louise's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abortion, Sexual assault, Rape, and Miscarriage

kaitlynhermansen's review

2.0

Described as an “enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world,” I figured I would really enjoy this book. I truly love a book about strong, resilient women and thought this sounds like a very interesting historical fantasy. Although I enjoyed the writing style, I didn’t really gel with any of the characters and didn’t ever really get into this book. More importantly, I was not prepared for a somewhat graphic rape scene and every woman in this to experience some type of sexual, physical, or psychological abuse. I expected a book about magic- but that only comes into play at the very end of the novel and I didn’t find it to be empowering at all, but rather a last resort to scary and sad situations. The justice in this novel is fleeting- only coming after chapter and chapters of abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Incest, Abortion, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

adina98's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious sad

• 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

i hate men

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Incest, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Car accident

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? No

3.75

It’s such an interesting book full of strong female leads. I loved the three interwoven stories and the mystery unfolding. Very well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

brandi1122's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming and Death

katereads02's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Abortion

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

rshearon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this book was very good! it was well-written and exciting. and it reaffirmed my misandry (I HATE MEN). i thoroughly enjoyed the three different povs from three generations of the same matriarchal line. it was. nothing like i expected, though! i went in blind thinking it would be fantastical and witchy, and instead it was moving and tense. i was on edge pretty much the entire time. the magic aspect was more toned down than i expected, but i really enjoyed it. the themes of scorned women/womanhood in general and justice and fear and violence and power were all very emotional. it was a very sadly realistic look at generations of trauma that women have had to live through. 

for me, personally, the book dealt with topics that i generally have on my “do not read” list. this story was told brilliantly, but it was definitely a hard read for me. while i loved the FMCs and their story, it was a bit much for me emotionally. i also feel as though the entire plot was a bit obvious from about 40% in. the writing was extremely well done though and the story was beautiful; it was just hard on me personally !! will def be checking out this author again in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

sydneyaryn__'s review

emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Incest, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Pregnancy, Rape, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Confinement, and Medical trauma