Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

15 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.

dani_y3ll's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Physical abuse

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

kencil's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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

space_bandit's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Gore, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Rape

Minor: Suicide and Infertility

behah's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Sexual harassment