Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer

24 reviews

nytr's review

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5.0

Incredibly heart-wrenching, but also hopeful. I tagged a lot of content warnings as minor because they don’t take place during the story, they’re mostly just talked about, but make no mistake, this book has some heavy topics.
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abbyreads2's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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lananfried's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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vivisms_82's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful tense
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

We meet Rev in book #1 and I am so glad we get to hear his story too. He meets Emma Blue. Rev is battling personal demons and Emma is overwhelmed by her home-life situation amongst other things. Marvellous read. I especially loved Geoff and Kristin - if only we had more folks like them in the world!
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crysbooks's review against another edition

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

5.0

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moonlightreads007's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

This is such a dark yet heartwarming, memorable read. Even though the struggles that the characters are facing are exceptionally difficult, they eventually learn that the best way to overcome this is to seek support and to share their true thoughts and feelings with others. With Rev it's very obvious that he experienced child abuse and that the demons from the past are still haunting him, whereas with Emma, the emotional abuse she experiences is much more subtle and insidious - some people may think they have your best interests in mind, when really all they are doing is projecting their unrealistic expectations onto you. Furthermore, this book highlights how women are often harassed and mistreated in male-dominated spaces (in this case, the video game industry), as well as the threats that exist in cyberspace and how important it is to stay safe online by setting boundaries and sticking to them.
I also feel like Rev and Emma's relationship was portrayed in a very realistic way, which I find is generally quite uncommon in media and books - I felt like I was watching a real, imperfect human relationship unfold and develop.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book and I love how it emphasizes the power of human connection to encourage healing, personal growth and development. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys slow-burn romance books; however, I would also recommend checking out the content warnings for this one as the story can get very dark at times. Still, it's definitely a 5/5 read for me!
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locust1266's review against another edition

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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

4.5

This book was so good 😭. I love rev . I read this book for the bromance and I'm so happy i didn't have to read about Juliet and her friend grp . I finished this book so fast. I liked Emma alot more than juliet and she was flawed too . Her character made a lot more sense. I felt so sorry for Mathew. Rev and Emma had a lot more chemistry than Dec and juliet
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psliz's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

had so much potential but it tried to tackle too many things that it felt underdeveloped
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lwvies's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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hellodebbies's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-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

Incroyable ! 
Comme à chaque fois, on a des personnages bien développés et recherchés, des histoires personnelles touchantes avec une belle évolution personnelle. 
Beaucoup de dénonciation dans ce livre que j'ai beaucoup apprécié. C'était très bien écrit avec beaucoup de recherches clairement. 
La romance était vraiment agréable à lire ! 
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