Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

8 reviews

reading_withphoebe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense 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

4.75

criminal minds but teenager edition! I love this book so so much! Cassie and Dean <3. I love Michael but why did he keep kissing Cassie - friendship only! that plot twist was so unexpected but I loved it. Overall it was a 4.75 but the plot twist was 5 stars :). I can't wait to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse

the content warnings are there because the book describes crime scenes both active and cold cases

hdoomk's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture

abbie2505's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

eleanoramax's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

Literally obsessed 🤩

Usually I stray away from YA reads because they read very immature or the characters are younger than the age they are. This did not. It almost felt like the characters were older or maybe too mature for their age. Given the circumstances, it makes sense if they are. Currently Team Dean. I cannot wait to read the other books in the series. I can tell I’m going to be sad when it is all over 🥲

Also, can someone make this into a TV series….hello Apple?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Medical content, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

namenotimportant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a fun, gripping and easy read. I loved the Criminal Minds vibes. If anything can get my out of my reading slump it's this trilogy. 

I really do hope that Cassie and Dean are endgame in the end. I just love them together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

reads_madi_m's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was an amazing intriguing story that has the reader second guessing on who they think is responsible all the way to the end. I would highly recommend to any true crime or mystery fan.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

If you’re a true crime lover, you will love this! I literally read this in under 8 hours, and I really enjoyed it. I seriously could not put it down. This is a very good YA mystery with plot twists that I truly did not expect. This book provides so much background and insight to allow the reader to truly get into the kind of the killer, and act as a profiler, like the main character. That, plus love triangles, family secrets, and drama. The highly suspenseful novel truly keeps you hooked from the first page to the last, leaving you wanting more. I have to read the other books. This is about serial killers, so I would beware of that, but I think it’s on the same level as more serious crime tv shows, so not suitable for younger audiences.

I kinda like Micheal more than Dean for Cassie, but I’m not sure. Also I did not expect Locke to be the killer, I thought for sure it was Dean. And like, who killed her mother??? I have to read the other books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Some descriptions of the murders can get a little gross/disturbing. Also the serial killer vibe is very strong.