Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Unsteady by Peyton Corinne

5 reviews

briiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I felt like I was in middle school reading Harry potter and how so badly I want to be in the world with theses characters. I waited so long to read this book and finally reading it brought me so much joy and happiness. It also made me cry my eyes out like five times. And everything about this book is perfect I’ll do anything to go back in their world 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse

zoejjj's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Absolutely NOBODY tagged this book as smut so this is your warning. It’s easy enough to skip over but I wasn’t expecting it.

I really, really appreciated the healthy, loving marriage between Rhys’ parents. It’s so true that when you come from a house filled with love and see love modeled it comes out of you naturally. The part where Rhys praises Sadie in front of her brothers also means a lot to me. 

This apparently is the author’s debut novel, which makes a lot of sense. The issues I noticed the most were that people would just appear and disappear randomly. There was a lack of continuity for people and objects. Or the physical phrasing wouldn’t make sense. She would describe the way people were standing or moving and it wouldn’t make any sense. It’s kind of a nitpicky thing but it would take me out of the story because the little movie in my head wasn’t lining up lol

That is not to say that this isn’t well written!! The emotional punches are there. It discusses some heavy stuff without being trauma porn which is where books like this tend to go. Overall I’d recommend this if you’re into the hurt/comfort tag on AO3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

emmab_124's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Sexual content

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Alcohol, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

oliviatheron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism