Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4 reviews

straykat1206's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

scottishlindsay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer and War

lilyadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

An incredible end to one of my favourite series of books ever. I'm honestly gutted to have finished this book series. 800 pages of brilliant storytelling and I can't wait to reread the whole thing. The pacing was perfect and I didn't feel bored at any point. It really wraps up every characters plots completely and thats a very satisfying (but rare!!) way to end a series of books.

The only reason I took away a star is that some of zafon's female characters feel a bit 2D. All the women are femme fatales and largely unrealistic. The other reason is the brief marital rape scene. It comes fairly near the end and is only a few paragraphs long and is stopped before its started but it still took me by surprise and made me feel quite uncomfortable. Whilst i understand that COFB is quite grim as a whole, I'm of the opinion that detailed sexual assault scenes really aren't at all needed and this one was so random and upsetting that I feel it was completely unnecessary to the point where it made a 5 star book less than that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence