Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

پشت درهای بسته by B.A. Paris

357 reviews

crly1429's review against another edition

dark sad tense

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Torture

goobyworm23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.0

The plot of the book is 5/5. It had such great potential to be a horrifying psychological thriller. 

Unfortunately, the writing was too…. Obvious? Cheesy? The writing just didn’t land for me - it made it seem like a low budget scary movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting

cate_g1259's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ! I have been reading the shining for about 6 months and am only half way through it so decided to pick up something fast paced to get me out of my slump. It took me 4 hours to read this book and I did not put it down once. You think you know what is going to happen be trust me, you are 100% wrong. Oh what I would do yo read it all over again for the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

izzykai's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Not bad but nothing special. Ending was obvious to me. An easy, short and intense read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

4lexa's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

This book had interesting components but ultimately just felt unbelievable most of the time.  It wasn’t boring but at no point did I understand the motive of the husband/villian.  To go into specifics,

if Grace was in love and willing to do anything for her husband, WHY would he risk that security by revealing his evil plan to her?  It was giving Dr. Doofenshmirtz. 
Also I never really took Grace seriously considering she guilt tripped her mom into keeping her sister, Millie, and then used ODing to “convince” her parents to give her custody of her young sister with Down syndrome when Grace was maybe 20?.  It was entertaining but very unrealistic.

The representation of Down Syndrome was okay but Millie did feel very infantilized and gullible, and I felt that more negative traits were highlighted than positive.

  It sometimes felt like her sister manipulated her by taking advantage of her Down syndrome. 

Overall it was okay, won’t recommend it due to the triggers and the fact that I didn’t enjoy it a ton.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

tupeloallie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Alcohol

alexis23676's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

klundine's review against another edition

dark 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

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

jenlengland's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

megatronic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

It's a DV victim trying to outwit her 'jailer'. That's about it. I was intrigued by the caption but about 40% into the book I was like... oh. This is the whole book. So I sped the audio up to finish faster. I should've read more about it, the trigger warnings and what not... that's on me lol. It just has such good reviews! but so I yeah, won't recommend to others.

I will say though, I loved the ending. And the doggo gets avenged. 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse