Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III

9 reviews

gaetkoguy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Quite the page turner! Dark and mysterious and quite twisted. Heed the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

c_alma_d's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

gbrl's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

kyra_joy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

readbetweenthelines's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

frankiexcx's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

cursivewolf's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

You really feel the characters’ desperation and confusion. I did not expect how the story progressed at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Murder

saartjeinwonderbookland's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship