Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

18 reviews

cheye13's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Torture, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Alcohol, War, and Classism

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Oh my god, this was soooo fun! So glad I finally read it.

Rep: Japanese inspired cast. Dark skinned genderfluid queer MC, sapphic cis female MC, dark skinned male side character, nonbinary side character, indigenous cishet male side character.

CWs: Torture (water boarding), violence, blood, death, murder, slavery, alcoholism, alcohol consumption, trafficking (slaves), colonisation, gun violence, physical abuse, grief, addiction, gore, rape, injury/injury detail, misogyny, sexism, sexual assault, child death, confinement, xenophobia, general queerphobia/queermisia, drug use, emotional abuse, sexual harassment, animal cruelty (mermaids), drug abuse, child abuse, racism. Moderate: vomit, genocide recounted, pedophilia, kidnapping, death of parent, lesbophobia/lesbomisia, classism, gaslighting, war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Pedophilia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

luna_is_superior's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book provides a great take on colonialism and its effect and has abundance of representation - especially in terms of gender identity. Overall a great book with excellent world building and memorable characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Trafficking, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

miabellawymer's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

loved it. I cried at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

malloryfitz's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

baponthecob's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

There were actually a lot of things in this book that I dont usually like, but I let it slide here bc I was just enjoying the story as a whole.
There was instalove, so I didnt really understand the romance. It didnt really click for me, but the way their interactions were written were just really soft and sweet :) but yeah it was very much giving high school puppy love. Imo, at the end,

Flora/Florian should have had to move on from Evelyn's death instead of joining her as a mermaid. Family was supposed to be kinda important, so I just cant see why she has just obtained a father figure and reunited with her brother only to leave them to be with a girl.

The witch arc also felt really rushed despite it being the longest part of the book. Actually all the parts just felt really fast to me? 
I was also confused by the epilogue. But, overall, a fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical content

aboveaveragegeek's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

millow333's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Trafficking