Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Binding by Bridget Collins

83 reviews

valerian_honeybee's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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: Death, Homophobia, Classism, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Outing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Infidelity, and Self harm

Minor: Child death, Deportation, and Incest

lex24's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Very different style of prose to what I usually read and it did take me a while to connect with the story, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I came to appreciate the author's writing and way of looking at the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Slavery, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death

kirst_b's review

I found the concept interesting. However I felt the storyline was slow and took a different path towards the middle especially with the themes such as the violence and suicide. Towards the end the change in themes caused me to lose interest and I never finished the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Homophobia and Rape

Minor: Incest

jo_bee'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

An incredible read. If it starts a bit awkward, don't let that turn you away - there's reasons for it and soon enough it sucks you up and won't let you put it down. The characters are amazing, the romance is heartwrenching, there are so many hints dropped throughout the story the books come back to that are so satisfying to unravel. Some minor things are implied but never completely explained but personally I enjoy it like that. Truly enjoyed every page of it. Gets heavier in the second half so definitely check trigger warnings if you need to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

maria_e_p's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

joonjxne's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

armstrongangela83's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

I LOVED THIS SO MUCH OH MY GOD

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Incest

rxbynelena's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

The structure of this book really threw me off - our characters only really came to life half way through in Part 2. 

Personally, I think part 1 and part 2 could have been structured differently, or perhaps swapped. 

Such a good concept, and fantastic characterisation. People really stayed true to themselves. 

Huuuuge trigger warning for sexual violence. Some really grim content in here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Vomit

sternfrl613's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.75

This was a tough read that opened a couple of wounds I didn't need opening. I only read it till the end because I needed a happy end, and thankfully received one that I can make peace with. 
LGBTQIA*, SA survivors and children of abusive families: check the content warnings before reading to make sure you're up to what you're getting here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Excrement

animaniac17's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Incest, Violence, Sexual content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Rape, Vomit, Cursing, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcoholism, Abortion, and Classism