Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Nightfall by Penelope Douglas

26 reviews

ellavlind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

Hade lite svårt för början i black church, ÄLSKADE dock viben med black church och att hon blev skickad dit och att Will va där, allt så bra, men jag började egentligen gilla den först när Alex dök upp.  Som vanligt va flashbacksen bra. Fyfan va jag hatar Martin. Allt han gjorde mot Emmy när hon var yngre, blamear inte Will för att han misshandla honom bara synd att han åkte in för de men de va ju också fkn Martins fel när han hota Emmy att skriva på. 
Asså Wills och Emmys relation va den sjukaste bergochdalbanan jag upplevt, sometimes may be good sometimes may be shit liksom. Älskade deras typ arga love confession iaf när hon frågar om han vill gifta sig.  Så gulligt när alla lyckades gifta sig också hahah.

Asså Will i denna bocken va ju helt krossad typ?? SJUKASTE plot twisten att han skicka sig själv till black church och att han och hans farfar lurade Crist och han andra. Asså Wills trauma med vatten vid dehär laget är inte att leka med men så bra att han döda Martin och de gjorde de bättre att han gjorde de i vattnet och med sina händer. 
Grät också när Martin sköt Alex men de va tur att hon inte dog asså för hon är nog tio tre favoritkaraktär.

Tyckte om Damon och Emmys relation och sättet de bonda på. Även om de va genom att döda och begrava Damons mamma vilket ledde till att Damon såg Emmys blåmärken från Martin så han gav henne nyckeln till rummet i kyrkan, så va de deras sätt.

Skulle säga att första typ 8 timmarna i boken eller va de va under de 5 dagarna i black church inte de mest underhållande för mig. Gillade som sagt viben ändå men de va nått som saknades under den tiden. Därför blir det inte mer än 4,5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

asteria_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

This book was alright. While I liked some parts, it reminded me a lot of a more developed Wattpad or AO3 story, and while there is a place for that, it wasn’t what I expected. It was very dark & gory. 
I disagree that you need to read the books before this in the series - I didn’t know it was a series until the end, & had no trouble following the plot and other details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

There is literally a warning at the start of the book. Proceed with caution

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

this was by far my favourite in the series. if the whole book was them in blackchurch it might've been like 4.5 stars or higher because i really loved the vibes and the dynamics there - it kinda reminded me why i love reading RH because my favourite RH series are actually pretty similar vibes wise.

i think being able to personally relate to a lot of emmy's experience made the book hit a lot harder for me than the others in this series, because PD managed to portray how it feels to walk on eggshells like that surprisingly accurately. the prose isn't amazing and there were a few spelling/grammar issues (nowhere near as bad as a lot of other DR tho imo) but i found the flashbacks so moving. in most of the other books i found the flashback chapters a bit of a chore to read but i was tearing through these!

i liked damon even more in this book. it might be because his "friendship" with emory felt realistic and pretty natural (especially compared to rika in kill switch lol) so it less like a character assassination than in his book. speaking of rika, i liked her a lot more in nightfall - she also felt more authentic than she did in kill switch! for some reason a lot of alex's scenes and interactions felt somewhat forced or out of character and i can't put a finger on why exactly. there seemed to be a big emphasis on her relationship with will and their past hookups to the point it felt like overkill but

her with aydin was perfect and i'm really relieved they ended up together

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i really liked the characterisation in this book and ended up liking the new characters way more than i expected. i was scared i'd end this book not caring about emmy and will's relationship since he's been obsessed with her since like the first book but it was developed well + i could understand why they fell in love. however, the last bit of the book (and the epilogue) fell a little flat for me and i'm not sure why, other than the pacing. i think it might be because there was so many characters together it was just a lot to keep track of, or something like that? anyways in regards to the 

train scene i'm so glad damon gave all the guys a little discipline bc i thought he was just witnessing that and it disturbed me a little that he was cool with all that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

kenna__suan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.0

thank fuck i finally finished

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

abzauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

sevendoteight's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Murder

dkgreads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

Oh man, I absolutely slogged through this book. At this point in the series, I feel like I’ve just read the exact same book four times in a row, so I got bored and totally drug my feet to get through it. There was a bit of excitement at the end, which was rushed, but overall it was  kind of repetitive. I’m not gonna read the last novella because I’m just ready to be done with this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Murder

francess_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Stalking

smlima1992's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse