Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett

5 reviews

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

-Near the end of the book the main protag finds a recording of a character implying a church leader raped her mother -Near the end of the book the main protag finds a recording of a character having been caught in a relationship with another guy, the church head proceeds to call him a slur and blackmail him This book is all about a cult so massive tw for that

mr_cain's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, and Outing

roguesaw's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

This was hard for me to read with having a horrible relationship with religion, but that’s what also made it so addicting to read. 

The steps above the chapters talking about how to recruit was great, but again hard to stomach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

madeleinebay's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death and Body shaming

Minor: Homophobia

nonbinarylibrarianwitch's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Emotional abuse