Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Księgi zapomnianych żyć by Bridget Collins

89 reviews

kain47's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

brerreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book has some of the best plot twists I’ve ever read. And one that makes me want to reread it just to pick up all the pieces that I missed the first time. What a unique and fascinating book!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

adragoninspace's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense

3.25

Gros coup de cœur sur la couverture de cette édition de the borough press, j’ai dévoré le livre mais ça reste un 3 ou 3,5/5 en vrai. Je pensais qu’il y aurait plus de choses dans le récit autour des livres et de cet art du binding (en français ça parle « d’enlivreur » j’ai cru voir) qui permet d’effacer la mémoire d’une personne et l’enfermer dans un livre. En fait au cœur de ce livre c’est plutôt une histoire d’amour, une tragédie. Et même si ça arrive tard, une fois que c’est arrivé ça prend quasiment tout le livre et ne continue pas vraiment ce que le premier quart nous laissait penser que ce livre serait. J’aime bien ce genre de changement surprise mais comme je ne suis pas très romance j’étais un peu blasée. J’ai l’impression que je pourrai même spoiler en disant ça mais la plus grosse partie du roman parle de ça donc 🥲 
Quand même un bon roman qui a su me donner envie de continuer, bien écrit et prenant. Et qui prend cette idée d’extraction de mémoire et en montre les pires dérives possibles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol

daniquevdijk_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Vomit

robsxo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

mari_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

Wow this is the most unique concept for a book I’ve ever read, and so uniquely dark and disturbing. I was very unsatisfied with the ending and felt there were way too many loose ends. The descriptive writing is amazing but I wish the author pulled it in a little, in some places it felt more confusing than helpful when scenes were over described. The first part of the book was very slow and then super fast at the end, I think maybe we could have

heard from Lucian’s pov much earlier so it could be like back and forth?

Huge trigger warning for self harm/suicide, sexual assault, and manipulation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Self harm

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Deportation

lex24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Very different style of prose to what I usually read and it did take me a while to connect with the story, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I came to appreciate the author's writing and way of looking at the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Slavery

Minor: Child death

kirst_b's review against another edition

I found the concept interesting. However I felt the storyline was slow and took a different path towards the middle especially with the themes such as the violence and suicide. Towards the end the change in themes caused me to lose interest and I never finished the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Incest

jo_bee'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An incredible read. If it starts a bit awkward, don't let that turn you away - there's reasons for it and soon enough it sucks you up and won't let you put it down. The characters are amazing, the romance is heartwrenching, there are so many hints dropped throughout the story the books come back to that are so satisfying to unravel. Some minor things are implied but never completely explained but personally I enjoy it like that. Truly enjoyed every page of it. Gets heavier in the second half so definitely check trigger warnings if you need to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Incest