Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sicko by Amo Jones

13 reviews

tarantulagirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Trafficking, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

ashcoxx's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to love this book. I was really looking forward to reading it but it fell flat. It had so much potential but there were so many plot holes that it just left me confused on how certain things came to be. There was no clear indicator (at least in the audio book) on what was the past and present because it just flashed back and forth without warning within minutes, leaving me consistently saying “huh?!” and rewinding to try to figure out what was happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

exlibrisfrancis's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a WILD ride! Definitely not for the faint of heart! 

Taboo romance
MC 
A whole lot of twists and turns 
Trauma like no other (10000% check the trigger warnings because it’s rough) 

I was on the edge of my seat the whole entire time. I read this in one entire sitting. I devoured this book. I was on a roller coaster ride I was on while reading this book! I felt all the things! Uncomfortable, a little icky, confused, mad, sad, more confusion, super mad, and finally relieved. 

This book is spicy spicy, but it doesn’t take away from the book!

Some of my highlights:

He embedded himself into my heart and I sewed my name across his limbs. We fight a lot, but we love hard and when it comes to him and me, one cannot exist without the other.

A well-made lie will continue to burn the tip of your tongue well after you’ve been fed truth.

Revenge or forgiveness. They’re the two words that sit on either side of the scale, as you decide where you’re going to add your weight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Violence

hsweat913's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This is in my top 3 books in 2023. I was so shocked at how much I liked this book. I was up at 2:00am reading which isn’t normal for me. This book kept me on edge, I wanted to jump in this book and tell him everything that was going on with the MFC. The plot was great the smut was perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Torture

azapolya's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

0_xter_0's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Rape, Genocide, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Hate crime, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Pregnancy

bookswhitme's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

curlychaos_'s review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

sam019's review

challenging dark tense medium-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? No

4.5

Super dark but super interesting topics and stories! Loved this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical content, Drug use, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

jtbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Just WOW. This book is dark and definitely NOT for the faint of heart. I pride myself in being able to see what is going to happen in books. I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING! Holy hell this book is good. It is twisted and dark. Most of the time you sit there wondering what the hell is happening but Amo Jones could not have done a more fantastic job with these characters. If you like dark romance READ THIS RIGHT NOW!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

Minor: Torture