Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

7 reviews

filipa_maia's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book.

Although the action takes its time, everything kinda slowly evolves, this story is brilliantly written and keeps the reader hooked till the end. Think about twists and turns! This book has them all.

Usually, a book is a huge turn off for me when I cannot connect with any of the characters. Somehow, this story, these characters, are different. They are all very hateful, still I just kept reading because I could not put this book down.

I cannot recommend this book enough. It was an amazing read just in time to finish the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

mtstjk's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Death of parent

avachristinem's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was so messed up and at times problematic BUT I couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

themorbidlycuriousbookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

HOLY SMOKES BATMAN CHECK THOSE TW — 

I don’t feel like I should’ve enjoyed this. It had many elements I typically despise in a thriller. Truthfully, the audiobook narrator sold it for me. She did such an incredible job I was hooked. Objectively, this book says a lot and I don’t think it shines proper light on heavy subjects… I think it was handled well, but the outcome is a bit grim and catastrophic. With that being said though, similar to some of the other thrillers I’ve given 5 stars, the *very* last line is what brought it home for me. I sat here in complete silence after finishing this with my jaw hanging open. I was relieved. Surly they wouldn’t end it on the note it was ending on…. Thankfully it ended the way it should have. Man I was relieved. This was a stunning debut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

This is a very graphic and descriptive book on the trigger warnings listed. Very graphic.

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape