Reviews tagging 'Violence'

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

39 reviews

nrivera1282's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.25

Marceau's small serving of horror was a quick and intense trip of dread and hopefulness that smacks you in the face in the final third of the book. It was a great story that could have been made better with small improvements. I knocked it out in one sitting and found myself quite literally sitting at the edge of my seat.

This story does have intense reflections of familial trauma and mental illness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent

theacousticfuneral's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

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

makeitrhayne's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Lesbophobia

vic_mcqueen's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

This was a pretty quick read. Pretty demented too. 

I hadn't originally planned to expand much more than that, but here I am, 4:15 in the morning, just having finished reading this instead of sleeping. 

It was predictable from beginning to end.

Trouble with a controlling parent. Knowing its a bad idea. A parent stalking their grown 30-something year old child. Being taken to the middle of nowhere with vague answers. Narcissistic and manipulative speach patterns.

Yeah, it went exactly where I thought it was going to go. No wow factor, no shock, just...Gross!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

mayjulyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

hardella's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Okay so I loved this misery-esque thriller. I read it on a plane ride and it had be hooked the whole time. As someone who has worked in the anti-violence field with a focus on family violence it hit hard and nothing was surprising. 
My biggest issue with this book is the ending.

I get the goal was to be dark and mysterious. And I’m not mad at that. BUT when the main character is a good person experiencing trauma, I want a happy(at least happyish) ending. For example, the ending of Get Out is still wild and tense but the main character “wins” as he should. I wanted this for Miller too. Too many victim-survivors of domestic violence do not get a safe ending especially queer folks. I wanted to see Miller’s fiancée save her in the end.

Otherwise I think this was a great novella and the author did a fantastic job of writing a realistic and tense story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

vixenreader's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Note to self: listen to your gut instinct and never get into a car with your emotionally-abusive relatives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Infertility and Car accident

Be warned, there is a dead body, controlling parental behaviour, dysfunctional familial relationships, and broken limbs.

cursivewolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail