Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

11 reviews

zecrecruq's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

maebee25's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

What a strange and unsettling book. To be able to continue to care for someone, especially platonically, while knowing the atrocities they've committed against innumerable individuals; the echo of which is so deep and widespread, is unfathomable to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Antisemitism and Pregnancy

inkell's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

danileah07's review

dark tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Abortion

puglover's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Suicide, and Abandonment

aegireads's review

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, and Racism

Minor: Transphobia

eldritch_flower's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring tense slow-paced

4.0

 This was an interesting read. It's fairly short and it follows the case of Diane Downs, a woman who shot her three kids. It's short, to the point, no flowery language, and so well researched.

In this book we follow Diane's version of events, the aftermath, how her surviving children healed, Diane's past, the court proceedings, and her stay in a women's correctional facility(and her escape and recapture).

It's short, but definitely worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

falfy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Absolutely fucked up, but I couldn’t put it down. Read it in 4 days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Murder