Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

22 reviews

marpie's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

In the current climate of the country where women are fast losing our rights and our autonomy, this is a hard read. We spend a lot of time in the full misogyny of their world and it’s sufficating. I finished the book to breathe. I’m not interested in following up with the other two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, Torture, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement

belava's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide

missknown's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An amazing sci-fi thriller moved by girl power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical trauma, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Infertility

There is one descriptive scene related to eyeballs that can be discussing to read if you, like me, don't enjoy anything done to eyes apart from their normal function.

klb77's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked this a lot! An inner child deep in my heart feels pretty powerful after the fact, definitely check content warnings to see if it’s a story for you. I’m intrigued to see where it could go from here 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Infertility

crieraylax'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Blood, Death, and Murder

alicia_g's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Sooooooo Good!!!!! (also Mena x Syd) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexism, Infertility, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

laursyloo's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Misogyny, and Trafficking

eviehayes's review

Permanently DNFed

This put me in a terrible mindset

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

hannah1994's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book made me angry in the best way.

It touched on so many parts of our society that we ignore; women's rights, how horribly men treat women/general misogyny, the objectification of women, feeling like an outsider in your own skin, and it even had a full scene where the main character gets lobotomised (which is terrifying considering it happened not even 60 years ago.).

One thing about this book I love with my heart and soul is how Mena and her friends truly care for and love each other. In the hell that is the academy, they are like a little family and lift each other up when one of them is down. THIS IS WHAT FEMINISM IS ALL ABOUT.

the last few chapters of this book had me like: "Yaaasssss bitch!!! GIRL POWER! STICK IT TO THE EVIL MEN WHO DID YOU WRONG!!!" 😩👌💖

Definitely one of the more challenging books I have read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Infertility

_k_a_r_l_i_'s review

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming and Emotional abuse