Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Vorrei solo averti qui by Kennedy Ryan

223 reviews

yagyalmimi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

sweetreads's review against another edition

dark 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

I'm mad at myself for not reading this sooner! This was such a beautiful book. While the domestic abuse and SA scenes were hard to listen to, they were handled so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Gaslighting

lindseycope's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-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? Yes

3.0

I really enjoyed the first half of this book. I was quickly pulled into the romance between Iris and August, and thought that Ryan's portrayal of Iris' abusive relationship did a strong job of capturing the isolation, control, and violence. However, I found the on-page violence to be too much at times, and felt that Ryan could've still conveyed the seriousness, fear, and lack of power Iris experienced without putting so much on page. 

The second half also took a dip for me; I understand Ryan needed to transition Iris out of the abusive relationship, but found it was the least realistic part of the book. I also found the shift in Iris and August's relationship when Iris is available to be sudden and focused more on connecting through sex than anything else. The ending dropped my review quite a bit; again, there are some realistic elements but it felt overly dramatic and used a way to cleanly tie up some of the loose ends. 

Overall, I loved Ryan's writing; some elements were just not for me, but I look forward to reading her next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

irisembla's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse

nattyclibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

klandry98's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Medical content, Abortion, and Alcohol

nuttykiya's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

This book was way too slow paced for me. 

Some repetitive thoughts from both main characters
The romance in this novel is not very exciting.
 It seems like the main characters just lust after each other.
didn’t feel connection between main characters.
The author did a good job at showing the stages of domestic violence and how the system fails woman

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking

rza1002's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

emilynsopp's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

It wasn’t bad but I didn’t see the authors note before reading and there was a lot of on page graphic domestic violence. I had no idea what I was getting into. I think the story could have been told without so much on page violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Death of parent

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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

5.0

This was a really rough read and I'm not sure I'd recommend it to everyone. Major trigger warnings for domestic violence, rape, abuse, imprisonment and child endangerment. I was in a bad place myself reading part of this book, but had to finish it to make sure the heroine got through to the other side.

That said, the writing is amazing and quotable. The author obviously did extensive research because the circumstances and emotions and decisions ring true. If you are in a dangerous situation at home, call the Domestic Abuse Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail