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Down London Road (On Dublin Street, #2)
Down London Road (On Dublin Street, #2)
Samantha Young | 2013 | Romance
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9.0 (2 Ratings)
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Oh how I loved this novel. "Down London Road" was a dark read. It dealt with emotional abuse, physical abuse, self doubts and other dark topics that many authors can't seem to write about (at least not in a realistic manner). I found myself in love with the characters. Cam was an Alpha-dog Asshole, who was a teddy bear when needed. Jo was a strong woman who once she realized she had worth I loved.

I loved seeing the struggle between the characters. I loved that this novel was realistic on the emotional front. We all have the insecurities that Jo felt or that Cam felt. I think that Samantha Young did an amazing job at making us care about the characters in her book.

I didn't think that she could write another novel as spectacular as "On Dublin Street" but I was wrong.
  
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Liliannar (58 KP) rated Rose Madder in Books

May 25, 2018  
Rose Madder
Rose Madder
Stephen King | 1995 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror
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7.7 (25 Ratings)
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Utterly amazing character development
From page one you can't help but feel badly for Rose. You meet a woman in an abusive marriage who is being treated like garbage and throughout the story she becomes an incredibly strong woman. This story has a significant amount of "King" flair that unfortunately detracts from the story. The growth of the main character is the highlight of the book.
  
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MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Patrick Melrose in TV

Jul 25, 2018  
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
2018 | Drama
An adaptation of the novels of Edward St Aubyn. Patrick Melrose comes from a rich family but after suffering abuse from his father he is reliant on drugs and alcohol which effects his relationships with others. Benedict Cumberbatch acts his socks off and is brilliant, the support actors are brilliant too. There is a bit of toing and froing between past and present so you do need to concentrate!
  
Monsters in the Dark (Monsters in the Dark, #1-3)
Monsters in the Dark (Monsters in the Dark, #1-3)
Pepper Winters | 2015 | Erotica
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6.7 (3 Ratings)
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Incredible.. I've only read one book before I would have considered "dark erotica" but after just finishing Pepper Winters Monsters in the Dark trilogy, my god I want more!? The story of Tess and Q completely messed with my head... the abuse, fear, power... eventually transforming into such love, a bond so tight, not even death could separate them. Beautifully written, I loved the connection & the feeling of true belonging.
  
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Amy Tan recommended The Liars' Club in Books (curated)

 
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
Mary Karr | 1995
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I remember reading this memoir some twenty years ago and thinking I had found a long lost childhood friend. With the language of a poet—both incandescent and glaringly fluorescent—Karr recounts sexual abuse, the charm and unreliability of her alcoholic father, and the emotional chaos of her brilliant, beautiful, and mentally ill mother. What emerges in memory is a meditation on truth found in love and self-knowledge."

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    In a terrifyingly short time, a male college instructor and his female student descend from a...