Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

5 reviews

estherrosedq's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad

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

4.5

As much as I loved the characters of Vix, Thea, and Arius, and the overall storyline, I found this book incredibly hard to get through and I probably wouldn't read it again because of the amount of violence discussed in this book. It was incredibly heartbreaking to have to read 

the parts about the years of abuse that Thea suffered through. 

  Even though it was so dark, I found myself staying up until 2am to read the whole second half of the book because I was just unable to put it down until I made sure that they had at least somewhat of a happy ending so that I could stop worrying about Thea. Overall, the storyline is great and this time period was totally out of my wheelhouse but Quinn does a great job keeping everything understandable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, and Self harm

hunkydory's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Death, Blood, Classism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Bullying, Colonisation, Physical abuse, and Suicide

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

3.5

This book is not for anyone who is sensitive to most triggers. This book has most all of them. Be careful, take care

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, War, Violence, Torture, and Suicide attempt

azalia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Genocide, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Antisemitism and War

birkenstonk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship