Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

28 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Excrement

elle_griffin's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Stalking, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

lulireads's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book was short but very addictive. The plot was really good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Violence

yeffin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

katnortonwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Finished this novella mere seconds ago and I feel like I’m going to be sick. 🤢 The way this novella pushed every one of my buttons… like, in a good way, but I’m pretty sure I’ve tensed every muscle in my body at this point. The gaslighting. The manipulation. The emotional enmeshment.

If you grew up with a narcissistic parent, prepare to be ✨AcTiVaTeD✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse

alyvia_jeane's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Death of parent

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is insane. Very disturbing mother daughter relationship, I just wish it was a bit more creepy earlier in the book, it kind of ramped up very quickly but very easy read, quick enough for one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Kidnapping

arstanley90's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

I was surprised at how short the book was. I was hoping for something a little bit longer than 92 pages but the story pretty much starts from the word go and drives very quickly to its climax. As someone who doesn't have a good relationship with their mother this book hit very close to home but my main issue of the story is the lack of common sense of our protagonist, Miller. She gives her mother all the power in setting up this mother-daughter trip and does nothing to ensure others known where this trip is going to be at in the first place. At least get the Find My Phone app, Mills.

Also I thought maybe the Mom, Slyvie was going to act as if she also had Alzheimer's, like her late husband, in order to garner sympathy from Miller and lure Miller into a false sense of security before revealing the trap her daughter was in, but no, Sylvie is just letting her crazy show. Not a fan of the ending either because I wanted Miller to make it out of there instead of crashing the truck and being held captive. It just feels like the book isn't finished

. I will say that I do like the constant tension and release of the conversation with mother and daughter. You can tell Miller has learned to stand up for herself and knows her mom's tricks when it comes to manipulation. Also the levels of dread that Sylvie made me feel was great. 2.5 out of 5 mostly due to the shortness of the book and the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Stalking, Car accident, and Gaslighting

thegayestghost's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

grimdark_dad's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail