Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

His & Hers by Alice Feeney

24 reviews

ana_pmr_silva's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Uma história á qual do inicio ao fim o leitor se cola, até descobrir que o assassino é a ultima opção que passou pela cabeça dele

Spoiler

uma velinha que supostamente sofre de demência

!! Este plot é de génio!! Pelo meio do percurso preparem-se para odiar personagens...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Body shaming, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

tuxedocat's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A slow start but wow it was worth it. I didn't see it coming, each chapter spun my whole thought process and I was hooked. 
I really enjoyed how it was written from multiple points of view and how they sometimes overlapped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Child death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Rape, Suicide, and Body shaming

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed reading this book A LOT! I loved the dual POV and the time stamps for each chapter. I also really liked how there were chapters sprinkled in where we didn’t know who’s POV it was, we could only speculate. 

While I liked reading the book, I wasn’t obsessed with the ending. When I was reading I was trying to figure out the big twist, and I feel like my prediction would’ve been a better story line. But I really didn’t see all the smaller tiny twists that seemed to happen each chapter and that’s why I loved reading it! 

This was a really good one by Alice Feeney and she has slayed me once again! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Vomit, Gun violence, Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual violence, Animal death, Body shaming, Infidelity, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Stalking

sizzlesteaks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Death, and Dementia

mtstjk's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Absolutely disturbing book, but never saw the plot twist coming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Dementia, Eating disorder, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Self harm

collinsd's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

I have no words, would've given it 5 stars but damn

Spoiler

the 16th birthday scene in the woods and Zoe's animal cruelty was VILE also I'm sorry but why did Cat have to die?? Like it was just a job Anna could've gotten another one if she was that good at her old one Cat just wanted to go back to work she probably didnt even know Anna was cheating with Richard, her poor daughters :(

there were a lot of twists and turns and while I had the tiniest inkling who the killer was it seemed a bit far-fetched but still kudos to Alice Feeney for writing another engaging book and making me look at every mentioned character with doubt and suspicion.

vj_thompson's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was just an ok read. The twists and turns were wild, and the end was shocking. Make sure to read the epilogue!! I wasn’t as invested in the story maybe because the characters were not as likable. Everyone had a secret that was eventually revealed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Medical content, Animal cruelty, Cancer, and Drug use

driscollallie's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

growintogardens's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

More graphic than expected, and too much focus on some of things mentioned in the content warnings. This book is trigger warning central, it's a lot. Surprised me here and there, but not her best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Classism, Infidelity, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Car accident, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Suicide

emardesen's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gore, Murder, Addiction, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence