Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Haven't They Grown by Sophie Hannah

10 reviews

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Repetitive. My lort, so repetitive. 

This could have been so much better. All of the building blocks were there to make this a phenomenal thriller - instead, it was 200 pages of useless dribble leading up to a less than climactic twist and a sub par ending. 

Zannah is a champ. We love Zannah. 
And Tilly. 

Spoiler

I went into this really hoping for some weird, Sci-fi esque story about clones and ended up with a pretty upsetting (and not in a good way) domestic abuse story. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

katherinejayne's review

dark mysterious 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

2.0

I persevered with this as my sister gave me it to read, and I felt I should complete it.
It would have been so easy to put this down at the start as it wasn’t gripping me. I found the main character so frustrating, unlikeable and unrealistic. In fact a lot of the characterisation fell a bit flat for me. 
The plot didn’t massively intrigue me and the ending was so blah-

Spoiler

the bad guy ended up being the bad guy, surprise surprise!

I wouldn’t bother reading anything by the author again…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death

syddug's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

nisquah's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Murder, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Misogyny, Racism, and Miscarriage

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

Characters were dull. Not the author's fault, but I found the main character's "I don't get what's happening with the youth these days" attitude to be annoying to read about. The mystery was drip-fed and then answered all at once. I didn't find any of it unexpected and found the twists to be more like roadblocks delaying me from getting to the end of the story.

Spoiler

Lewis was so unbearable from the beginning that I couldn't understand why anyone ever thought he was good?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Ableism, Miscarriage, Grief, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Stalking

camilla_p's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The book was tense throughout and kept me intrigued. each chapter seem to introduce a new possible ending, only put the true ending to circle back to original suspicions but with more depth. Though this book was tense, it was more narration and dialogue driven than it was action driven. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

autiedragon's review

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

oliviajoreads's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Miscarriage

elizabethchoi's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, and Emotional abuse

hilarylouise's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racism