Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

9 reviews

karalynaa's review

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

whitneyonline's review

adventurous funny mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

kat1105's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Body horror, Car accident, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Infidelity

maddsmann's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, Body horror, Violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

sierramgoose's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Horror / suspense isn't my normal genre but I loved this! It was funny, the banter was witty, and the mystery of the werewolf and family drama kept me interested. I was happy with the ending. A fun quick read! Great for fall.

I recommend checking trigger warnings. Overcoming Child SA / abuse is a theme.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

little_bean's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.75

Grabbed this randomly at Barnes and it was an amazing surprise. I was worried it was going to read like a cheesy YA romance novel but it was extremely well balanced and more focused on the MC coping with the string of events going on than the actual fact that she had been turned into a werewolf.
I felt it was well paced with a fairly satisfying ending. A few things weren't wrapped up in the best way in my opinion, but I wasn't left wanting either. 
Overall, my favorite book of the year so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Medical content

kace's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, Infidelity, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

kearstenkeepsreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

 Thank you Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for providing an e-arc for an honest review.

Please check content warnings prior to reading this book.

I absolutely loved this book! I usually do not read horror books because I don’t really enjoy the gore but this book did not focus on that but on the relationships surrounding the main character, Rory. Her being a werewolf is secondary to how she navigates her return to her hometown. This story focuses on Rory’s relationship with friends from her past, her twin sister, and her mother. Rory has to find a way to move forward with the wolf and also her past. Her character development is written beautifully with a dash of dark humor. 

This is a great spooky season read and it will be on my spooky season TBR to reread every year.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Pregnancy

Minor: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault