Reviews tagging Domestic abuse

Near the Bone, by Christina Henry

100 reviews

jessab's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

A bit of a slow start but I quite liked the second half. Slow burn mystery with some criptid creature intrigue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

Minor: Gaslighting

whitneyonline's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Is it really my first book of 2023 when I read 80% of it during the last week of 2022? Eh, I'll go with it.

It is a reach for this to be branded as a horror book. A thriller? Yes! But how is something a creature feature when the creature is hardly...featured? You could cut out all the parts with the monster in it and still have a coherent thriller. And I think there was a huge missed opportunity to go into the lore of the creature, making it the horror that it desperately wanted to be 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual assault

leahrosereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

A creature feature where man is once again the scariest monster. Near the Bone starts off as a slow, domestic thriller of sorts, and then goes absolutely off the hinges.  There's mystery and a beastie and of course, the real villain of it all, a man named William.

I could not put this one down!  It was brutal in every sense of the word!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

lou1408's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Rape

jadziad97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

mj38012's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

oopsadaisy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Rape, Animal death, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

linoone's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

vivireads99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I loved the first half of the book. It was a very uncomfortable and tough read but it gave the book a sense of direction. I found the second half of the book gave a stall to the momentum it had built up. The ending left me wanting more. There were a lot of questions left abandoned in the end. I also found the way the creature moved and acted to be very cartoonish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Confinement

sphinxofblackquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Animal death, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use and Confinement