Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Predator by RuNyx

22 reviews

cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I don’t particularly explore this genre a lot, but this wasn’t pretty bad. The world-building was creative, and the brutal intricacies of mobs were very interesting. The slowburn, enemies to lovers tropes certainly fit the narrative of the writing perfectly well. The tension between Tristan and Morana was invigorating, to say the least. I’ve never read a book with so much butterflies and tension like a string pulled so taut in my entire life. You’d never know what to expect with a kiss or a quick fuck in this book. Overall, the plot isn’t totally that bad, it is actually quite unique and well laid out, to say the least. My only comment is that the prose was overly descriptive and extremely repetitive. I swear this book could’ve been shorter if the author had Grammarly. I’m also noting that I do not need to hear that Tristan has blue eyes and smells like whiskey and sin every two pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Abandonment

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Morana, the genius daughter of a Mafia lord, has created a super code that was stolen. Suspecting it was stolen by the elusive and lethal Tristan Caine, the only non -blood member in a rival Mafia family, Morana infiltrates his house intent on killing him and stealing back the code. But something bigger is going on and these two enemies must put their hate aside to fight it. 

I am not a huge fan of 3rd POV.  I wish this had been in 1st and dual POV, it would have been so much more interesting. 

Morana is apparently a genius. I guess this is a case of book smart but not street smart. Seeing as she is a "certified genius" and Mafia daughter, she sure makes some very poor decisions. We are meant to see her a strong and fierce, but she really isn't. 

Tristan's backstory is extremely horrific and that explains why is is the way he is. It would break most people, but it just turned him deadly. This could have made for very interesting character development, sadly he was petty one dimensional and boring. My take away is that he has beautiful blue eyes and whisky voice, as we are told 10000x. 

I thought the idea behind the plot, with the code, was interesting. But it quickly fell to the side as so many other things were introduced and made the plot super messy.

the missing girls, the impending Mafia war, the romance, escaping her father etc...

I did like Dante and Amara and am interested in their book! 

Tropes: Mafia, enemies-to-lovers, dark romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious slow-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

4.25

Its was definitely interesting and a new kind of mafia book. Exciting to see the new developments. This was definitely kind of a repetitive book though and literally nothing seemed resolved even with more books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cait_0310's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

(No spoilers) 
I was in a bit of a reading slump and nothing was helping. But then I found this book and I almost stayed up all night to finish it, it was that good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

shinyfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

Lots of staring happening in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Trafficking

Drug use - character has their drink tampered with

lauramparis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Grief

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

princessofhelios's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

I personally didn't really like the book. The FMC keept on making stupid choices, and the plot wasn't really that great. I couldn't connect with Amy of the characters. The smut was mediocre. I will not be reading the next part in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

musicalbibliophile's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

i had better expectations i think the way everyone talked about this book but everything seemed to happen so fast with not much development. I am intrigued enough to continue on to the next book in this series to see how their story ends. All in all a solid 3 star, I liked it, I guess but I didn't love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Trafficking

kaceereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

it’s 4am but there’s no way i’m going to bed after THAT. if you told me at the beginning of the book that i’d be crying by the end i simply wouldn’t have believed you, but here i am with tears in my eyes raving about how this is one of the best pieces of literature i’ve ever read. will my opinion change after a few hours of sleep? i could not tell you. i feel like i have so much to say but most of it is just screaming. also like i said it’s 4am, i’ve been reading all day, and my brain is fried. 

my heart aches for both morana and tristan. mr. vitalio and mr. maroni both need to rot and i stand by that. ugh i don’t even know what to say but this book made me feel things. it was so intense all the way up until the last page. the last chapter though was beautiful yet nerve wracking. i love morana and tristan. i love this book. i cannot tell you how excited i was to find that their story continues in the next book. 

okay so i knew he wasn’t going to k!11 her (right???) but like i was still on the edge of my seat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, and Kidnapping