Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh

22 reviews

cookie_123's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Domestic abuse

alannahberkeley's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

joonvrses's review

challenging dark hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

avery_eagle's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

angeladiab's review against another edition

dark emotional

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

andeng's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, and Sexual content

asruy's review

dark emotional sad tense

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

4.5

I wanna start by saying I feel terrible for the fact that her child died. Like I was shook when I read that in the acknowledgments - that’s so sad. I honestly feel really guilty cause while I was reading it I kept thinking it just doesn’t feel as good as the first two. And when she said I’m sorry if you read this book and thought my writing wasn’t as good - absolutely sent me. Idk why Chloe insists on making me cry. But the .5 was lowkey for her. She’s a fantastic author and I feel so so sorry for her (but I’m so happy she continued writing). 
Ok let’s get to the juicy deets. Lowkey I gave this book a 4 cause it felt like a recap even tho it obviously wasn’t. I feel like it was very recapy. And some people might like that but I honestly love details and I don’t like a lot of time skips. For example the first two book were mainly focused on like 3 months but this book jumped through 6 years and it was less pages then the other two. I’m not complaining tho cause it was really lovely. I’m not gonna lie idk why but I wasn’t expecting to love Aoife as much as I do. She’s such a lovely girl, I think she perf for Joey and I liked their relationship. He literally loved her soo much and I liked that they were their own people and didn’t change for each other/ force each other to change (except for his not so little addiction problem). When iris (goo goo dolls) came on the car radio and she was like this is our song I WAS LITERALLY LIKE THATS CRAZY CAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT TOO!!! But the song list at the end when she put cardigan and all too well😭😭 for Aoife’s feelings plssss Mrs Walsh you are trying to kill me?!?! All I’m all Joey Lynch and Aoife Malloy are my faves I absolutely love them both to death especially my baby Joseph<33333
The fact that he’s close with her mam and dad is sooo cute. I absolutely adore tony and joeys little bromance. 
Also seeing his home life was so emotional constantly cause of what I already know happens from the other books. But seeing his relationship with his siblings and how he’s literally a mother and father to them. Literally seany boo and dada oo-ee 4lyf🥹🥹 I’m tearing up now just thinking about it. Also can I just say I love Tadgh and Ollie I’m really glad the siblings get screen time and their own personalitys - but lowkey Tadgh is sooo much like Joey. Also I get really tearyeyed when I think about getting his pov when he finds out his parents died cause I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle that. Spoiler that I’m so annoyed about is that he’s gonna have a kid (idk how I feel about it but I feel like I have to read more to see how it’s gonna happen). Also I’m sooooooo excited about the next book cause we’ll have more Gibsie (I LEGIT MISSED HIM) also I actually love joeys relationship with them (him and Johnny) - like when they carried the mams coffin with him🥹 literally ryders4lyfe. Gassed that they’re all gonna be in 6th yr together. Also it’s so sad that Darren abandoned him but low-key I’m happy that they’re gonna mend things. 
OMG - this has nothing to do with this book - BUT OMG LIZZIE AND HUGHIE I MEAN I SUSPECTED IT WHEN I SAW THE COVER FOR HIS BOOK BUT I WAS SHOOOOOOK WHEN I HEARD CHEATING TROPE I LITERALLY DID NOT SUSPECT THAT AT ALL!!!!! I thought he was obsessed with Katie(lowkey confused af) but we’ll see…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Toxic relationship

iisa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

downtown_kb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

 Ok, so this story starts out when Joey and Aoife are 12 and we go on a rollercoaster of hormone filled teenage angst, drama and bullshit until age 18. Then it just turns into angst. 

It was hard to stomach. If you have read Binding/Keeping13 you know how much Joey stands between his parent’s abuse and his siblings. He takes it all and then he copes with drugs. So we get front and center POV for alllll of that. Heavy and were just getting started. I had a hard time with the pacing at first because we spent so much time with them at ages 13-14. And while I appreciated the nostalgia of the time period, generationally, I had a hard time relating to the drama and then remembering they were so young. haha. 

This is not a swoony romance. This is gritty but great writing. I think by the time you get to the 3rd part of this book you understand these two pretty well. Joey desperately needs someone in his corner he can trust because he’s drowning. Aoife is prepared to put Joey before everything else to prove she is that person. So in this book we get to know our couple and see the huge obstacles in between them. On to part 2…I hear it’s even more heavy. eek.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Mental illness

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed reading about Joey and Aoife's love story even though they're not my favorites, Joey is a bad boy with a heart of gold and Aoife is a badass whom I loved learning more about. Chloe Walsh continues to be able to break my heart and hook me to her books. Can't wait for the next one now that we are near the timeline of the first two books and I hope the rest of the cast will appear more and we will get to experience still more heartbreaking moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying