Reviews tagging Emotional abuse

El Proyecto, by Courtney Summers

75 reviews

unabashedlyemma's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Cults and religious abuse abound

alexandramcgrew's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Abandonment, and Body horror

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Grief

dustghosts's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, and Sexism

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This wasn’t what I was expecting. It was enjoyable but not as dark or thrilling as I thought it was going to be. I didn’t really like how it was told because I felt like you couldn’t connect to the characters and their storylines as much. Also until the end we didn’t get to really see how bad the cult was. Also a certain part in this just doesn’t make sense it’s a spoiler so don’t read this but I don’t understand why she would just join it after fighting them for so long. Overall it was enjoyable but nothing amazing like Sadie was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

violet123's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Ow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

This book is very dark and contains detailed manipulation/indoctrination into a cult.

kayewa's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Torture, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death

goblingirlreads's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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

4.0

PLEASE read content warnings before going into this one: it's rough. For whatever reason though, it really worked for me. I don't mind slow pace if I'm getting tiny new bits of information and intrigue as I go so what others don't like about this book really worked for me. I thought the author did a stellar job creating a realistic cult and no one writes better complex sister relationships than Courtney Summers. She really did that again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, and Torture

efarm5's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

I liked this book a lot. It was dark and twisted and so well written that at one point I was truly starting to understand the pull of The Project. I’ve never felt that strong of a connection to what a character was also feeling or truly understanding the emotions that would bring someone to a cult. The jumps in narrator/time could be a little jarring but ultimately the way everything unfolded was logical. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a strange little book, but not in a bad way! The story kind of meanders along, not quite directionless but not quite as driven as its protagonist is. I love a good split timeline and this book utilizes the device well, and the characters were well fleshed out. What it lacks in thrill it certainly makes up for in mystery and a compelling, touching story about family, love, connection, and devotion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Infidelity, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Sexual content