Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

No One Rides for Free by Judith Sonnet

25 reviews

foxglove_alchemist's review against another edition

This book is absolutely horrific. Although I was aware that this was an extreme horror, I went into this somewhat blind. The first half of the book is really quite horrible.... but I was alright reading it, i was repulsed and tense but it hadnt really upset me to this point. 
Then, at about the halfway point, you are hit with a full page trigger warning, giving you the chance to stop reading before the book really gets into it. 
I thought for, quite some time as to whether I should continue or not, curious as to how much worse it can get but also worried if i carried on I might end up with ptsd - (I will say, Im not usually easily scared/bothered by horror, however the situation set up in the first half is probably one of my worst nightmares) - and in the end my partner offered to read the next couple of chapters for me to see if the trigger warning was actually a serious warning..... it's completely serious. What follows is bad and it gets worse and worse.
My partner told me that I should not read the rest because he knew it would really upset me but we spoke about it and told me (in the least amount of detail possible)some of what he read..... I'm absolutely horrified! 
I've since cried multiple times about this book and I'm glad I didn't carry on reading. 
This book has made me pause on reading for a while and from now on I will do more research on an extreme horror before reading and also take trigger warnings seriously. 
If you are bothered by sexual violence and are in any doubt about whether you should read this... or if you're thinking how bad can it get? It gets very bad, don't read it, it will upset you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nkbolton's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

0.25

Sick and twisted with no real value unless one wants some nightmare 'stranger danger' fuel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

stmajo084's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This is a very disturbing read. Take the Trigger warnings seriously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cheeserue's review

challenging dark tense fast-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? N/A

1.5

"I hope I succeeded, in that respect, in ruining your day."

you did. you ruined my day, night and probably the next month of my life until my brain forces me to forget that I read this book.

"This book is supposed to make you feel shitty, and bad, and like you need a shower."

yeah, that tracks. definitely felt like you just wanted us to hate ourselves after reading it.

this was really just a spoon full of extreme forced incest. I'm concerned for the authors mental health (as well as my own.) 

at least two of them made it out alive. (and got to kill him, good on you jodi for biting his dick off) although I'm not sure what kind of relationship they  could ever have again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

pyperblack's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sabrina_michelle11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

vaeliena's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

It was very much not what I was expecting, but it got me hooked because I was so worried to see what happened next. It was very... disturbing lmao Please read with extreme caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

The kidnapper is a very f***ed up person.

spicymama9972's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was intense. I can read and watch almost anything but this book it left me feeling the same way human centipede did. Gross…I could have vomited multiple times during this book. I only finished it cause I’m not a quitter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

sarah_amy's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

Like 'Playground' another book I wish I had never ever read. Hitch-hiker makes family torture each other in horrendous ways with the promise of survival if they do as they're told. Makes me feel sick knowing I read this and wish I could forget it. Do yourself a favour and don't read.
But again, the author achieved what they wanted I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment