Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

8 reviews

goroskiju's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

wet_towlette's review against another edition

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

1.0

I was genuinely shocked when I was reading the acknowledgments and saw that this book had an editor. Like actually I'm not even joking. I think this is the most misogynistic and sexist book I've ever read. I am baffled that people can read this and feel even a semblance of enjoyment. I cannot effectively express how God-awful this book is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, and Trafficking

sibilla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sajūta tāda, ka esmu tagad sarauta, izurbta, saplēsta un salikta no jauna. es nezinu, kā mam justies. es ienīstu beigu daļu, bet tajā pašā laikā tās ir tik labas beigas. man nav vārdu, lai pateiktu, kā es jūtos. šobrīd ir tikai gandrīz izžuvusi asara un bezemocionāla seja. es zinu, ka man sāp, bet es nejūtu neko. šausmas, šī grāmata ir fantastiska

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tarnaflake's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

hiimsydx's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am never going to recover from reading this book. I fell in love with Daisy and Julian, had mixed feelings about Christian, found an absolute appreciation for Henry (best side character EVER, you cannot convince me otherwise), and then had all of my feelings twisted, wrenched, and torn to tiny bits before being tossed out a moving car window.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pageafter_paige's review

adventurous emotional fast-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

5.0

Wow this was SUCH a good book I’m tempted to give it 5 stars! Christian and Daisy absolutely stole my heart. I loved seeing their relationship/Christian’s side of everything. I think this book was perfectly toxic without being outright abusive and it was amazingggg! Major Gossip Girl vibes except instead of school it’s a gang lol. I don’t think I’d change anything about this book and I’m excited to read their next one! I’ll have to suffer through Parks and BJ first but I’ll do it for Daisy <3 The only thing that is keeping this from a 5 star is certain times Christian was so clueless it was painful (but that’s men I guess lmaoooo)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

savbowmer's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kbea88's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Will I ever recommend this series to someone I care about? Absolutely not. Will I continue to read every book in this series? Absolutely, yes.

If someone described the plot of these books to me, I would consider their taste questionable, but I CANNOT STOP. I won’t be stopped. These books are exactly the fly-on-the-wall drama that I live for. 

Also, whoever said they’re a Christian Hemmes apologist for life? Solidarity, sister. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia