Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

35 reviews

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, War, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Death of parent, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Grief, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, and Body horror

Moderate: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Medical content, Torture, Rape, Xenophobia, and Infidelity

emmahe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence and War

there’s a scene written as a flashback where a vampire boyfriend can’t contain himself during sex and nearly kills the human girlfriend. it was about blood but could be triggering as sexual violence. please be safe!

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Torture, Emotional abuse, Classism, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, Stalking, and Alcohol

hclin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Cursing, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

I’m not sure why I took so long to read it, but now I’m hooked and I’m not letting go. I could do without the end fight, I’d rather the king lived and our two mcs joined together happily in love but I GUESS, I’ll go for some drama. I just hope its a one time thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, Classism, Sexual content, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Genocide, Grief, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Torture, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and War

melere's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

I liked it at first despite the gratuitous violence but it slowly became more cringe as time went on. Hated the romance, it was like a p*rno in some parts. I assumed because I liked Daughter of No Worlds it would be similar, it wasn't. I hated the relationship between Vincent and Oraya as well, it screamed abuse and brainwashing to me. This book made me realize that I don't think I like Romance. Like I love romances in fiction, but not Romance as a genre if that makes sense. 

I could go on but many aspects of this book were just so bad from a technical perspective that I found it difficult to overlook. The characters had no depth so it was hard to get into. I actually liked Fourth Wing MORE and I thought it was pretty dreadful!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, War, Grief, Toxic relationship, Rape, Murder, Gaslighting, Cursing, Blood, Violence, Gore, and Sexual violence

peachieko's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was somewhere between genius and deeply cringe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Genocide, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture and Slavery

some of the emotional scenes made me laugh and it's a pity bc the story is awesome imo but CAN THEY PLS STOP CURSING THIS MUCH ITS CRINGE

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Torture, and Rape

moonchild_cos'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Genocide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Torture, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

zarhara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, War, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol