Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

142 reviews

thisislaura's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-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

Oof, first I love/hated it, then I couldn’t put it down, then I was like “This better have a happy ending Susanna Clarke!” Then I was really taken with how beautiful it was. Excellent writing and all the feels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

lunacurlypaws's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

A beautiful book! Atmospheric, mysterious, contemplative. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

margauxjpg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death, and Confinement

maddiearthur's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

ozymandias272's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Emotional abuse

paniquemecanique's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I have never ever read a book like this before. If you ate trying to challenge you but you don't want something hard to get into, this is perfect. The story and the world are immersive, and you are not bored once because the personnality of the main character is infectious. We discover everything with him which makes it easy to follow. The story unfolds itself to be creept, dark, surprising and gloomy  when you least expect it. It is impossible to describe. Simply read it. 
Btw if you grew up reading the chronicles of narnia, this is just a perfect adult version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

katieduffy151's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

A gripping novel, weird at first but embrace the weirdness and you will be rewarded!! There's a mystery that slowly becomes unravelled. Would highly recommend although it's not my usual genre. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

lillieb130's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Mental illness

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Slavery, and Gaslighting