Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Syvään päähän by Kate Davies

77 reviews

anna_helena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse

miadf's review against another edition

funny informative sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

nectarb's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Self harm, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

ailionnet's review against another edition

funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Minor: Self harm

rbadz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Audio book read.

Felt quite slow. But maybe as stopped and started it a few times. 

ControllIng relationship and behaviours (some may find a hard read/listen). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

carmen15044's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

voikukka's review

medium-paced

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

2.0

quick to read and at times made me laugh. but the way both bdsm and non-monogamy are treated in this book is so lazy, boring and quite frankly unforgivable. using non-consensual bdsm and unethical non-monogamy for shock value with zero self awareness is just... really? this is the best you can write? embarrasing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

canonically_k's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

I got fleabagged (the last chapter is called it'll pass). There was not enough unproblematic life living and TOO MUCH TOXIC RELATIONSHIP WHO WOULD ENJOY READING THIS. This book made me so furious and upset and it was not at all advertised to be about this. I feel like the book itself wasn't recognising how horrible the relationship was, and I know it's from the victims perspective but it left me really confused. So much of it just horrified me and I hated every time they got back together. The humor was also very unfiltered and made me a bit uncomfortable at points. It framed non-monogamy really weirdly as well and didn't have any retrospective nuance about it. Also the protagonist comes out as a lesbian and doesn't make friends with a single queer person other than lesbians as far as I can tell.I need to learn not to hate read books and to just put them down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence and Self harm

Minor: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Lesbophobia

ghost_story's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia

laurenrebecca8's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment