Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

9 reviews

quiet_reader's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Excrement, Sexual assault, Addiction, Drug abuse, Body shaming, and Drug use

thepinkheather's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Child abuse, Addiction, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lampbee's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual violence

owlphabetical's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Child abuse

Minor: Death, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

toofondofbooks_'s review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I can't say too much about this book plot-wise because honestly I feel like you're better off going into it a bit blind the way that I did. However, of course, there's a synopsis available if you do wanna read it, I can't tell you what to do. I'm the boss of me, not you.

What I can tell you is that this is a murder mystery wherein you are provided texts, emails, and other bits of evidence for the case and are basically meant to solve it alongside the two young lawyers, Femi and Charlotte. I loved how this book was written *so* much. I'm nosey, so I loved the feel of reading people's emails and snooping around their shit. Plus, I really enjoyed actively trying to solve the mystery. I broke my tabs out, I got out my pen and my journal, and got to work. I simply had the best time. I can't BELIEVE that this is a debut novel. This author is a total auto-buy for me from here on out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Murder, Medical content, Mental illness, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Body horror, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Misogyny, Stalking, Excrement, Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Vomit

liviy0017's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Murder, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Stalking, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

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

5 Stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

charliebriggs96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book doesn’t really have quotes per say because it’s all emails and text messages, so…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Wow, what a whopper of a crime book done well. Beyond ‘well’ in fact, it was exceptionally written. This is something I have not seen in a modern crime book before, and I have read quite a few. No real in face dialogue, there is only emails, texts and documents. It was so refreshing to read, and definitely kept me guessing until the very end. Honestly probably my new top 5 read of 2021. So so so good, go read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse

booksof_fern's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse