Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Borrasca by C.K. Walker

4 reviews

kermit_the_wrong's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Listened to the audio podcast which is very close to the books

vminton706's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

1.0

Not sure what I expected and I blame myself for not checking trigger warnings I don’t think I’d recommend this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

leah_hope's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book is so terrifying, but i keeping coming back to it.  it is one my favorites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Drug use, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Rape, Police brutality, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

erinandllama's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I listened to the pod show and it was incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Incest, Sexual violence, Rape, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use