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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 974 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,642,343 ratings — published 2016
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
by (shelved 430 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.22 — 684,671 ratings — published 2012
Reason to Breathe (Breathing, #1)
by (shelved 363 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.21 — 95,434 ratings — published 2011
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 342 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.05 — 632,793 ratings — published 1999
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 319 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.14 — 461,536 ratings — published 1995
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 314 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,483,067 ratings — published 2022
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 285 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,871,560 ratings — published 2018
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 281 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,261,892 ratings — published 2012
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #1)
by (shelved 276 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.16 — 117,372 ratings — published 2012
It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen, #1)
by (shelved 269 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.04 — 56,016 ratings — published 2014
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 268 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,590 ratings — published 2014
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
by (shelved 266 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,047,442 ratings — published 2015
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
by (shelved 264 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.93 — 75,077 ratings — published 2011
Wait for You (Wait for You, #1)
by (shelved 257 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.13 — 169,710 ratings — published 2013
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 251 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.10 — 428,522 ratings — published 2020
Bully (Fall Away, #1)
by (shelved 250 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.84 — 230,040 ratings — published 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 245 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,008,190 ratings — published 1999
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 245 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 836,764 ratings — published 2010
Consequences (Consequences, #1)
by (shelved 232 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.92 — 43,341 ratings — published 2011
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
by (shelved 219 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,340 ratings — published 2013
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 215 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.45 — 579,021 ratings — published 2018
The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window (The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window, #1)
by (shelved 206 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.84 — 78,179 ratings — published 2012
The Dark Light of Day (The Dark Light of Day, #1)
by (shelved 203 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.22 — 21,050 ratings — published 2013
Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 202 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,076 ratings — published 2014
Still Beating (ebook)
by (shelved 201 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.20 — 239,239 ratings — published 2020
The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 194 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,207,614 ratings — published 2018
Barely Breathing (Breathing, #2)
by (shelved 183 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.30 — 71,637 ratings — published 2012
Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1)
by (shelved 179 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.07 — 229,285 ratings — published 2012
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,432,142 ratings — published 2017
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
by (shelved 175 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.17 — 76,095 ratings — published 2018
Seduced in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #2)
by (shelved 175 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.27 — 56,469 ratings — published 2012
Big Little Lies (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,119,746 ratings — published 2014
Axel (Corps Security, #1)
by (shelved 171 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 39,623 ratings — published 2013
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 170 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,456,368 ratings — published 2005
Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangmen, #3)
by (shelved 169 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.41 — 28,172 ratings — published 2015
The Sea of Tranquility (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 167 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.29 — 88,616 ratings — published 2012
Living Dead Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 166 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.77 — 34,134 ratings — published 2008
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 165 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,646,458 ratings — published 2018
Heart Recaptured (Hades Hangmen, #2)
by (shelved 160 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.13 — 29,541 ratings — published 2014
The Redemption of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #2)
by (shelved 159 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 59,819 ratings — published 2013
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 158 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.28 — 935,722 ratings — published 2015
Archer's Voice (ebook)
by (shelved 158 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.16 — 678,767 ratings — published 2014
Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
by (shelved 158 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.13 — 551,428 ratings — published 2012
Vicious (Sinners of Saint, #1)
by (shelved 157 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.93 — 165,928 ratings — published 2016
Behind Closed Doors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 155 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.97 — 758,810 ratings — published 2016
Killing Sarai (In the Company of Killers, #1)
by (shelved 155 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 32,766 ratings — published 2013
Raw (RAW Family, #1)
by (shelved 153 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.11 — 43,273 ratings — published 2014
Leo (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 149 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.97 — 42,924 ratings — published 2013
Dreamland (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.90 — 84,094 ratings — published 2000
“Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their childhood feelings of being engulfed surface. While they could not 'smash their mommy' and still receive love, they find that they can engage in intimate violence with partners who respond to their acting out by trying harder to connect with them emotionally, hoping that the love offered in the present will heal the wounds of the past. If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle.”
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“Usually adult males who are unable to make emotional connections with the women they choose to be intimate with are frozen in time, unable to allow themselves to love for fear that the loved one will abandon them. If the first woman they passionately loved, the mother, was not true to her bond of love, then how can they trust that their partner will be true to love. Often in their adult relationships these men act out again and again to test their partner's love. While the rejected adolescent boy imagines that he can no longer receive his mother's love because he is not worthy, as a grown man he may act out in ways that are unworthy and yet demand of the woman in his life that she offer him unconditional love. This testing does not heal the wound of the past, it merely reenacts it, for ultimately the woman will become weary of being tested and end the relationship, thus reenacting the abandonment. This drama confirms for many men that they cannot put their trust in love. They decide that it is better to put their faith in being powerful, in being dominant.”
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