Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sick Boys by Clarissa Wild

8 reviews

asherketchum25's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

all_things_books21's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 5/5

Wow just wow. I knew this book was dark, but I didn’t expect it to be this dark. This book has a lot of triggering topics such as suicide, torture, murder, consensual non-consent, fire play, knife play, ect. Please read the author’s note before reading. 

That being said, I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t your typical smut book that there was little to no plot or it got lost. The plot was there and a big part of this book, and the smut was a great bonus. Along with the smut being a bonus, the scenes were explicit and left little room for imagination. 

This book had some good plot twist, and some I definitely never saw of it coming. I can’t wait to start book two, and to see what happens next! I highly recommend this series, but again, please read the triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

geagleson9's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy

joceewhisner's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

Jesus Christ that was painful to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

poupimali's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

This reverse harem is a bit of a mess.
I loved the FMC because she is strong and fierce. 
The boys are well balanced in their depravity (my favorite is Alistair because he is the quiet and the sensitive one).

And yet, this is inconsistent: the sister’s story is clumsily intertwined in the history of this polyamory. 
Even if the plot itself is well thought, it escalated way to quickly without making any sense and it is too long to reach the end.

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Main TW: suicide, degradation, knife injury, blood, fire… please check all the list. This is a lot.

I am a bit disappointed.
I love the Losers series (Harley Laroux) so much that without wanting too, I wasn’t able to stop myself comparing. And Sick Boys is not worthy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy

bialosqrska's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

brethetaurus'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

daisycantread24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail