Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Nadie te encontrará, by Chevy Stevens

19 reviews

cateyeschloe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, despite it being a thematically difficult read.

The story opens on a normal day with our main character, and she honestly wasn’t super likeable to me at the start (my opinion of which did improve as much as it could as the book progressed). However, the story pretty much immediately jumps into her kidnapping, and it gets very intense very fast. 

I cannot stress enough how pervasive and horrifying the misogyny is in this book! It is integral to the plot, but parts are really difficult to stomach. 

Overall, this was a really interesting story, and I enjoyed the perspective the author used to present it. The twists were engaging and interesting with an ending that satisfied me nicely! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexism, Misogyny, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Stalking, Violence, Car accident, Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Grief, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

Rape is very pervasive in this book, as well as the after effects of it.

The abuse is very intense and focuses heavily on psychological manipulation, along with physical abuse.

Child abuse and child death is a big, extremely tragic and upsetting part of this book, involving a weeks old infant.

Forced pregnancy happens due to kidnapping, confinement, and continuous rape.

A lot of examples of PTSD, panic attacks, anxiety, paranoia, etc. are present throughout.

Someone shoots a duck in the head. A deer is killed off scene and then on page is gutted. A scene is described of someone hitting a cat with a car.

klcrichton's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is one of my favorite books of all time. It was gut wrenching, sad, visceral and heartbreaking. It will stick with me for a long time. It’s not often a book will make me openly cry. I felt the main character and her emotions as the story unfolded through her lens. The writing is phenomenal. Chevy Stevens has now become one of my favorite authors 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual violence, Torture, Child death, Pregnancy, Confinement, Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence

betsybuttons's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

I enjoyed this, and the twist was good. But I hated, HATED the parts of the book where she was speaking directly to her therapist. She was written as a totally different person. In those sections, she was sarcastic and had a dry, dark sense of humor. It just didn’t jive with the way she was written in the rest of the book. Overall, engaging and well written. Just weird. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Violence

paperbackbea's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This one did not do it for me, which is extremely disappointing because I had seen/heard really good things about this novel! I found the writing to be a bit immature, and I did not like this ending at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Stalking, and Kidnapping

joanna_chavis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Child death, Torture, and Emotional abuse

hapikohw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

 Gave it a 4 star review with a 5 star audio performance by the narrator. Was fast-paced, emotional and reminded me of a good version of a Lifetime movie. At the beginning, I was concerned with how I was going to take the protagonist, but by the end all I wanted to do was be there for her and never leave the story and her side. It also had a bittersweet ending, one of hurt, but also new beginnings and a journey for healing. The only thing is I don't think the retelling through therapy sessions did anything for this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Rape, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Injury/injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

ekmook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Alcohol, Murder, Misogyny, Child death, Torture, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Confinement, Blood, Animal death, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Violence, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident

meganfisch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Stalking, Rape, Murder, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Grief

kiki9988's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, Animal death, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

alicialoebl's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Good twist at the end, really dark 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture