Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

38 reviews

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It was okay. It was underwelming at times and could've been better. 
The writing was very simplimatic and not very descriptive, but it never dragged and the story kept me entertained. If you need something to binge read then you'll probably like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder and Confinement

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

anika_tureson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book was super fun to read and always wanted you to go back and keep reading. Its tense and shocking with some things that happen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Gaslighting, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

abbycohen03's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Every chapter had you glued to the book wanting to read another chapter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Suicide

Minor: Stalking and Sexism

reisnerej's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

This book went back and forth so much of going fast and then extremely slow. The ending also seemed very rushed and that they skipped details where as some of the details earlier on in the book could have been skipped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Death

katleyn16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

kristiesbooknook's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Torture

rachelwierick's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.75

Not very well written, but entertaining. I really just wanted to know if the guy got caught and how. Had a realistic ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Murder

unprepossesin's review against another edition

dark fast-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? No

2.75

the book is definitely what it is- a wattpad story on paper. It is fast paced, barely details, and unable to get attached to most characters. It could have been edited a bit better, details couldve been fed to the audience instead of thrown together. I definitely feel like it is half baked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Incest, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

is it worth a read? i would say if you are bored

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The Cellar by Natasha Preston was heartbreaking and full of suspense. I don’t find myself to be easily triggered, but even I had moments of severe discomfort while reading this book, so I want to make it very clear that if you’re considering reading it, definitely check out the content warnings before you do. This story is creepy and though it makes an important point to stare on multiple occasions how wrong it is, there is a lot of uncomfortable content here given that our main character is only 16/17 and the man who kidnaps her is in his 30s. I think this content is so unsettling because it isn’t watered down and it isn’t presented to make it palatable. It’s supposed to make you uncomfortable because of how awful the situation is, and it does that almost too well. This book is really fast-paced, and while the timeline gets a little confusing jumping back and forth while chasing perspectives, it was still an enjoyable read. I don’t honk it is my favorite by Preston, but it certainly was a dark, psychological suspense worth reading if you can get past the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Stalking and Suicide