Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Master of Salt & Bones, by Keri Lake

6 reviews

aklovekorn's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, and Drug abuse

kat1105's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Classism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Excrement, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

renaaa_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

before you read this book just know it has EVERY trigger warning possible. It is a dual POV & has multiple timelines also. If any of these things bother you, don't read the book..
I didn't really get the emotional connection between the characters, especially with the huge age difference (which normally doesnt bother me, except the FMC had just graduated high school) besides the convenience that they lived/worked in the same house.
However, the plot of the book was so out there with all the family drama that I had to finish it to know what happened. Once you thought you knew someone, there'd be a huge plot twist. 
Overall, the book was very well written and was different from anything else I've read before. Think of it like a very, very, very dark beauty and the beast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Child death, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

sam019's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.75

Didn't love the writing, never clicked for whatever reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

erratcliff3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.0

This book was presented to me as a "dark romance to read during Halloween", but that is not the case. I know i should have read the content warnings.. So i understand that its my fault that i got pretty triggered while reading this... i technically didnt finish because the last two chapters were really intense. It was an interesting plot but it definitely went too far..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

kifirth95's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Torture, Sexual assault, and Rape