Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

De hulp by Freida McFadden

10 reviews

lilla_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

laurenlo29's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Deportation, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Bullying

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Confinement, Infertility, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Deportation and Death of parent

chellski's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

<spolier> poor CeCe. Everyone else was an absolute bellend. He's abusive because he was abused? Piss off. What was the weird bigotry towards Enzo

The writing wasn't for me. Repetitive and overly descriptive of random objects. Everytime Millie picked up a phone I cringed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Deportation, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, and Racism

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Body horror

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Classism, Death, Medical content, Violence, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Cancer, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Confinement, Deportation, Rape, Sexual content, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Torture

kfquarium's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Minor: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Deportation, and Infertility

veekay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A fast read that I think suffers from very poor copyediting. None of the characters are likeable throughout the majority of the book. It's still a fun read! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Infertility

Minor: Deportation

Regarding infertility,

there are repeated, unsympathetic descriptions of infertility. The character isn't actually suffering from infertility, but other characters' reactions are pretty cruel.

minimicropup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

I worried this was going to be a disappointing read because of the hype on Amazon, but it was far from it. I was totally engaged and I like that the writing is enough to set the scene and develop characters but leaves space for the reader to add to it with their own imaginings. If you like revenge tropes in thrillers you may like this one - not saying anything more! The complexities of abusive relationships and how the abused can become abusers in some way or feel entitled to treat others a certain way is really well presented without justifying abuse, victim blaming, or going too far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Classism, Gaslighting, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infertility, Child abuse, Classism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Deportation

_gess_reads_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.5

The whole romance bit really took me by surprise and it almost made dnf cus I am so not here for it. I did guess the plot twist correctly at some point, but that didn't spoil the book for me. The build up was nicely done, the unravelling of secrets and Millie's as well as Nina's past had the right pace, it also didn't feel as if it came out of nowhere - everything made sense at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Minor: Deportation

mheiling's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Self harm, Body shaming, Suicide, Stalking, Infidelity, Infertility, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Deportation, and Grief