Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Twisted Game by Eva Ashwood

6 reviews

laura_rheads_too_much's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This took me a while to get into as there’s very few redeeming characteristics of the MMC’s initially and the FMC starts as quite a timid meek character. However, once they’re established, I found the character development quite compelling. I am interested in seeing how the FMC grows into a much stronger character and how the men change as their feelings develop for her in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bbygirl_read's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

babs0221's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

charlottx's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

Mummy issues - That is all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

misswirum's review

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. It feels a bit slow and boring at times and it's not really scratching the itch.

I find the bullying from Mean Girl April weird and out of place. I don't know why so much of the book took place at the university. Are we going back in the second book?

The MMC are fire, but the FMC are... weak, I suppose? She had a tough upbringing so I guess her issues and personality makes sense. And I'm sure we'll see a stronger side of her in the second book!

3,5/5⭐️
3,5/5📝
3/5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

ladyjane1114's review

slow-paced

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

The flaws are the main focus as that’s all there is to these characters. They’re all vomit inducing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail