Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

51 reviews

imds's review

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

ju_harue's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Foi interessante ver como ocorreu a história das gêmeas no outro mundo. Porém a escrita mais rebuscada, com requintes sombrios, me fez desfocar um pouco, tornando-a mais longa do que de fato é. No entanto, há ótimas reflexões sobre as imposições que muitas vezes os genitores podem vir a fazer na vida de crianças e como isso impacta e muito, repercutindo para sempre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

pacifickat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

*review to follow*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying and Child death

Child neglect, narcissism

evueimeimei's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse and Pregnancy

avocadosocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, and Medical content

lahars_little_library's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

athnyx230's review

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Blood

Minor: Body shaming and Murder

grace_b_3's review

adventurous dark 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

withloveandlights's review against another edition

The first part of this novella really focuses on parents who became parents for the wrong reasons and their children suffering the consequences of that decision. Hits way too close to home and I assume this would have further implications based off of their interactions within the Moors. Didn’t want to stick around to find out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Infertility

theeladyking's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

I went into this book only knowing what the very beginning and the very end would be, with some vague ideas about the directions the characters would go in. Basically I knew what you would know if you've read the first book in this series (which I HIGHLY recommend doing before reading this one). I think that's the best way to experience it, so all I'm going to say here is that this book hurt me deeply and I'm a bit disturbed now by the fact I relate so well to Jack.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse