Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Merciless by Tracy Lorraine

5 reviews

ashatroyal's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

3.0

This book definitely had me engaged and need to know what happens next. The beginning of this book was confusing. But more gets revealed as the story progresses. I would say that the author didn’t do a great job making this a standalone. I could definitely tell this was a spinoff and that I was missing something. Although they never did anything, one of the MMCs definitely toed the line of messing with the FMC when she was a minor.

Who is Daisy? Who is Ivy? How does everybody know Mav didn’t do anything with Alana? How didn’t Mav know she’s been out here doing things for Victor?

The tenses kept changing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

autumnwitch14's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

victoria_a's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

colorcrystals's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infertility

jess_l_lovessmut's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

 

Holy mother of all things holy! This book sucked me in from page one. Still has a choke hold on me. I don't even want to admit how quickly I read this book. When I finished, I swear I just stared at the kindle waiting for something to happen, like anything. The sexual tension and angst is absolutely top notch. I fell in love with the characters and sometimes I was questioning my moral compass. Alana has the mental capacity like no other! She has been through so much and yet she still remains witty and fun. She is the definition of a firecracker. I laughed at parts of the book and also wanted to throw my kindle across the room too. This book is a roller coaster and I am so ready for ride number 2! I have a feeling this author will be a go to author for me.

READING PROGRESS 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Holy mother of all things holy! This book sucked me in from page one. Still has a choke hold on me. I don't even want to admit how quickly I read this book. When I finished, I swear I just stared at the kindle waiting for something to happen, like anything. The sexual tension and angst is absolutely top notch. I fell in love with the characters and sometimes I was questioning my moral compass. Alana has the mental capacity like no other! She has been through so much and yet she still remains witty and fun. She is the definition of a firecracker. I laughed at parts of the book and also wanted to throw my kindle across the room too. This book is a roller coaster and I am so ready for ride number 2! I have a feeling this author will be a go to author for me.