Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Hold Me Under by Riley Nash

9 reviews

autumnwitch14's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Dementia

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

apolen's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia and Abandonment

crysgjust's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

alaenera's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Dementia

haileeraye's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

madscientistcat's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Trafficking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape

smileyflowers's review

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

bookstosoothethesoul's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• 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

3.0

Mkay I have no idea why this book worked for me but it really did. I'm not a dark romance girl. I'm not one to read anything remotely toxic but here we are. I did it and I loved it!! I couldn't put it down. It has Captive Prince vibes if you read that series. Victor is NOT a nice person but man I didn't care. This book was so angsty. You could tell both guys were struggling and it was beautiful to see them meet each other in the other's pain. It mentions dom/sub dynamics but honestly it didn't really deliver on that so don't go in expecting sex scenes like that. Honestly they mainly spend the book saying they hate each other but in reality they are developing the feelings. Don't expect a true love story. I think this is about half of the enemies to lovers dynamic (they end in a more HFN place than a HEA) but I loved it all the same. I read reviews that said that Victor was absolutely horrible and he definitely does some fucked up things but honestly the reviews made me think he was way worse than he is. He is irritable and hurtful and snappy when he is cornered and there is one thing that was super unnecessary but I mainly didn't care because of the aforementioned angst and emotions. The characters are very well-drawn and the writing (though it veered into purple prose) never got to be too cringey for me. 

The book is melodramatic as hell but I loved it anyway because the characters really spoke to me. If you can't get past what Victor's saying and doing and don't care about why he might be doing it this is probably not the book for you. The book pretty much hinges on you caring about his pain. I absolutely loved seeing Ethan's patience and care help Victor feel safe. He's snappy and nasty when his defenses are down and something about that spoke to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

ravenanjell's review

dark emotional slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Torture and Dementia