Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Binding 13 - Alternative Cover by Chloe Walsh

49 reviews

radilikka's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Miscarriage

leikyr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Have the second book ready on your tbr because you won't be able to wait a minute before starting it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

charlottedukee's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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: Emotional abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

bookreadersclub_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite book of the year. It had me turning the pages and I just could not put it down. I flew through this book the jokes are hilarious if I wasn't laughing I was crying my eyes out. Definitely read the TW's on this book because it was honestly a lot to process. I love that the author had the romance but also made the main character grow and become stronger. As soon as I finished this book I read the 2nd one. I can not wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

hannah__kilburn's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this book, the books I’ve read recently have all felt meh but this was an incredible slow burn romance. Normally I prefer fantasy but the slow pass story telling really immersed me in their stories. The characters reminded me slight of Normal People

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

littlelibraryoflottie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

briochebun's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

3 out of 5 ☆’s.

“In a way, my childhood was robbed from me because of my ability to play rugby.”

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Goodness gracious that book was incredibly long for a contemporary romance novel (and it seems as though the rest of the series is even longer). 😮‍💨

I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions while reading this story - so I will go ahead and start off with the things that I enjoyed while reading: 

The side characters were interesting! I am curious about Joey + Aoife + Gibsie + Claire + Patrick and hope to learn more about them at some point in the future (when I get around to reading the rest of the series)! :)

I liked that Johnny & Shannon were kind to one another (most of the time at least). I went into this book blind and wasn’t sure what to expect but seeing him protect the “new girl” was refreshing!

I loved the songs that were mentioned throughout the book!

Now — onto the things that I wasn’t the biggest fan of:

Towards the middle point of the book / right up until the field trip chapter it felt as though I was rereading the same chapter over and over again because some things were soo repetitive. This book could’ve been shorter if some unnecessary / repetitive material would’ve been cut.

I also wish that this book had more male “villain” characters. Ronan was present at the beginning of the book, but then seemingly faded off into obscurity & it felt as though 95% of the female characters discussed in this book disliked Shannon because they were “jealous” of her (because she was soo different from all of them & all of their boyfriends wanted her) which…is something that I just wasn’t a fan of?

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I’m curious to see how the series progresses! ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Medical content, Bullying, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual harassment and Blood

sshpurple1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad slow-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 hard to describe just how much I enjoyed this book. There are vivid descriptions of life, of living in a household with domestic violence. And how an up-and-coming ‘star’ feels the pressure. We get Shannon’s thought processes of making daily choices while trying to survive. In Jhonny, we are given a look into what the pressure is like for someone who is the ‘star’ of something and their choices to stay on top. The two come together and bring something to the relationship that makes the other one better, stronger, and able to handle life differently than they have been. Be ready to have all the feelings while reading this book. It is painful, angsty, hopeful, and with moments of hilarity.  Keeping 13 book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Medical trauma

shalisa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

So I loved this sm! Idk I’m addicted! There’s no plot but I don’t really care. I love a good character study and that’s exactly what this was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

zabeen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse