Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

24 reviews

writingbugtop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

What the actual fuck 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Toxic friendship

amandinesophie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The writing is not "it" and the excerpts we get from the character's novel are so, so bad, in many ways.

This was batsh*t crazy but entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cyndi1966's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol

muckl3t83's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

2.0

This book was completely bonkers. It was not what I expected. I liked the characters but the plot wasn’t believable at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

_lera_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

essentialnpc's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Vomit

thehannahclaire's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

tabookish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

whimsykat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Outing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity, Racism, Vomit, and Alcohol

aliciavalenski's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship