Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

5 reviews

lindsaythelibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A haunting, a love story, and a mystery.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked that it wasn't predictable. As well as how it dealt with mental health and dysfunctional relationships. 
The only thing I didn't like was the "I'll die for love" mentality of quite a few characters. I know teenagers are overall dramatic, but that part was a bit over the top.
 Overall, an amazing book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Drug abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Murder

abigaillo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

thanks to the publisher & netgalley for an e-ARC!

look: horror has always been queer, but so much of our horror is dominated by the straights! i mean, what's up with that? so it was truly a joy to watch kate alice mitchell return to horror's queer roots with a good, creepy sapphic tale. the pacing was a bit interesting -- i thought this would be a solid 3.5 star read until about 30% -- but as soon as the queer becomes canon, the plot quickly finds its footing and it's a race to the end. frankly, i didn't have the brain space to write notes because all i could think of at a certain point was "dear god if they don't get a good ending" which ... oh boy. the only note i have is "it's giving the deterioration of the body due to patriarchy and heteronormativity" which i absolutely stand by. i still think the conclusion is a bit too rushed (due to the wonky pacing), but overall? a great addition to all those queer horror books out there. much love to the lesbians <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

emotional abuse and toxic relationship are part of a plot reveal later in the book.

brucethegirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, and Suicide

Minor: Body shaming