Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

10 reviews

read_rates's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

surharstoner's review

I hate the daughter versus step mom trope. And also not into the major gaslighting it was too stressful for me 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse

hxlleann's review

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

kitkat_books_2024's review against another edition

All the characters were terrible. The husband was toxic and full of red flags. The step daughter very clearly psycho and shouldn't be around babies. The MFC just had no backbone from even her mentionings of the red flags before she married her husband. I just couldn't listen anymore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

tanacef's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The characters were gaslighting ME. The moral of the story is, trust your gut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide

cinzia_2509's review

mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

bookscatcoffee's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Rather standard mystery where the women are enemies vying for the man’s attention.  Some nice twists, but it wasn’t anything I haven’t read before.  It was just fine.  3 stars

Mystery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

aleen_elizabeth's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

ktreml06's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this book in one day because I simply could not put it down! From the very first page I was intrigued and on edge. The author did an amazing job of immersing you in the story— I felt the anxiety, fear and suspense that the main character felt the entire time! In the first half I felt frustrated with the characters and how predictable it was, but as the story unfolded in the second half I realized I was being tricked just the main character. Every time I thought I knew what the truth was, things got flipped upside down and I was questioning everything all over again. 

This truly was a wild ride and I highly recommend you take your blood pressure meds before reading!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

WHEW this book INFURIATED me. There's nothing that gets my goat more a woman not being believed. But I liked it very much, and I really wanted to get to the end. Def stayed up too late listening to it. Ooh it takes quite a storyteller to make me want to have a Spongebob-level freakout. Excited to read this author again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail