Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Toca das Raposas by Nora Sakavic

96 reviews

blubonby's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

This is a terrible book. It has major ableism issues and is littered with homophobia and a sprinkle of racism. The mental health talk and rep are genuinely awful, theres an entire plot point about one of the characters being on court mandated medication, the whole medication thing genuinely makes no sense to me, and he is completely demonised the entirety of this book; and from what I can remember the rest of the series as well. There's a line question whether his violent reaction to something someone's says is his "psychosis or medication?", for the record he literally does not experience psychosis at all.  There's another line where the MC tells the psychiatrist that she's "obsessive-compulsive" because her office if clean and very organised, and responds "guilty as charged" she's literally a psychiatrist, as a character she should not be perputrating these stereotypes of OCD. Another where the MC is wondering what could be "wrong" with one of his team members from "split personalities to clinical insanity." just gross. 

One of the characters, a Mexican man who is the only openly guy character and as far as I can remember the only POC, is shown to sexually harass other characters, at one point he kisses a character, who has been drugged, without their consent, and there's a sort of joke between other characters about how he's "scheming to rape" the MC, and it's just brushed off. 

Literally the only reason I gave it 1.5 instead of 1 is because for some reason, that I truley can't pinpoint, I've come back to this series 3 times, even though it gets worse every time I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Ableism, Violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Murder, and Death of parent

aenor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence

kodzucat's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

princescirclet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Murder, Death of parent, Addiction, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Drug use

adrienanthony's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I don’t think I have ever read a book with such an intense “it’s complicated” when asked if the characters are loveable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Ableism, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

My list applies for the entire series. Absolutely not for the faint of heart, take care of yourself. If literally any of this bothers you, do NOT read this or any other book in the series, I am so serious.

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This is objectively a bad book. It’s chock full of misinformation about mental health, trauma p0rn and edgy shit BUT, you truly cannot help bonding with these characters. I hate how much I loved these people. I can’t in good conscience though give it a higher rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Car accident, Cursing, Gore, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Ableism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

booksinacottage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

lucy11110's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.5

The plot is as absurd as it is entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Cursing

gcarney15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Blood, Grief, and Cursing

books_calm_my_soul's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Sexual violence