Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Behind the Red Door by Megan Collins

5 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infertility

genxreadee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Tense thriller that leads you in different directions only to lead you back to the beginning.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

sweet_t_reads's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Physical abuse

anne311's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

the performance of the narrators was unbelievably good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

nerdynatreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Swapping Horror Stories -- August Wrap Up || 10 books 
 

the way fern's anxiety is handled is so well done and infectious, where I was constantly anxious every time we turned a corner or uncovered a new suspect. 

how the story is unveiled was incredibly addicting to read, bc I would have one suspect, but then another piece of evidence would be revealed or a new memory would resurface and I'd suddenly hop on to the next suspect. This happened time and time again until the killer was finally revealed, and although I guessed who it was from early on, I wasn't angry, bc it was handled in such a fascinating way! 

this really pushed into a psychological thriller where you have to figure out whether you can trust fern's brain and her memories or if she may be leading you astray. It did have an unreliable narrator in that sense, which I ended up really loving. 

there was an additional surprise twist at the end which I felt pretty ambivalent about. Part of me was surprised, but part of me wasn't. 

finally, the ending itself left me a little unsatisfied. It's sort of ambiguous as to what the next steps will be for the protagonist in terms of the mystery, and I wasn't as big a fan of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse