Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

All He'll Ever Be by W. Winters

8 reviews

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Car accident, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Gun violence, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Self harm, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Cancer, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, and Gore

alicia_joy's review against another edition

dark tense

• 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

2.0

I wanted to like this quartet. I really did. Like many bookish girls, Beauty and the Beast is my favorite classic Disney princess tale. But to claim this is a modern retelling of any fashion is crap. The story of Carter and Aria is nothing but toxic, abusive, glorified Stockholm syndrome. As much as I wanted to like this and read it on it's entirety to really give it a fair shot, it 1000% was not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Murder, Cursing, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol

duan_jvr's review against another edition

Carter is a selfish man who needs to grow a pair and get on with his life. Good smut, but not good enough to keep me reading this problem-ridden book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Drug use

cyodis96's review against another edition

Uhm. This is actual trash and I was angry the entire book. Carter is a terrible person and Aria has no backbone. She kept talking about how she had all this fight in her but she was slowly losing it…not once did I see any ounce of fight. Not only that, but how do you manage to have secrets in a 1st person POV. We never got any conclusive explanation as to why he was doing what he’s doing. This is just romanticizing Stockholm syndrome. I like dark romance. This was not it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Rape, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

taylorvalerie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape

ednam0dewannabe's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Rape, War, Death of parent, Child death, and Misogyny

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.0

This is a dark romance. Emphasis on dark. From what I understand All He Ever Was is the author’s way of healing from her own traumas, and I understand the point. I can see some of myself in Aria, but Carter pisses me off in a way that I’m not sure I can explain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Self harm, and War

msmoneylady's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Very obvious Stockholm Syndrome