Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

6 reviews

cheseliz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I loved the first book, so I was excited to dive into this one. While I did like it, the pacing was off in a handful of parts, feeling like it was more focused on setup for the next book, but the ending was just as intense as I expected. I plan on reading the final part of the trilogy when it releases.

(I listened to the audiobook, and while the narrator did well overall, some of her voices—namely Lore’s—irritated me at first, but I was okay with it by the end.)

Contains:
-Violence, Gore, & Brutality
-Language
-Sexual Content
-Abuse
-Trauma

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

kbowles24's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Deportation

puddleshoes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Religious bigotry and War

callistag1's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

Minor: Religious bigotry

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

4.0

i’m not emotionally okay because wtf?? HELLO?? 

rude

in all seriousness though, i loved this. it has slight middle book syndrome in the fact that there were some filler moments and the first 50% was kind of slow and boring at times, but the payoff was so worth it!!

give me book 3 now please and thanks

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting