Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Kim Čijong — ročník 82 by Cho Nam-joo

47 reviews

ericispublius's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

rnbhargava's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

This book is as informative as it is engaging and heartbreaking. I’m mostly leaving it at 4.5 rather than a 5 because there’s always another side or opinion to any highly accurate fictional depiction of a certain time period

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

The whole narrative of this novel is about ways that women in South Korea aren’t valued, even abused in their professional and personal lives by various males in their lives. From fathers, brothers, partners, husbands, coworkers even if they’re subordinates to them or generally younger (age is a big thing in Korea in interpersonal relationships) This book is fantastic, especially given its brief length. Jiyoung could be any woman you know and she just wants to be valued and acknowledged as a person but she isn’t just because she’s a woman, a hard worker, a mother, among any number of things she could also be. Fantastic novel.

bboquet120's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging informative tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexism

zgreyz's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Classism

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Still a 5 star slay

‘The world wants our uterus to be drug-free. Like sacred grounds in a virgin forest.'

‘The girls stowed away repulsive, frightening experiences with males deep in their hearts without even realising it.’

'The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts and customs had not, which meant the world hadn't actually changed at all’

‘Do laws and institutions change values, or do values change laws and institutions?’

‘People who pop a painkiller at the smallest hint of a migraine, or who need anaesthetic cream to remove a mole, demand that women giving birth should gladly endure the pain, exhaustion and mortal fear.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

madam_cyn's review against another edition

Worthy message and story, but it was just too unrelentingly awful to read about. I can imagine how dreadful such mysoginy would be to endure, but don't have to read about it. This book made me angry. Every Korean woman should be rising up and going on strike from relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

claukv's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Dementia

eviltwin92's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

meshuganush's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I found this book to be a really good depiction of the rampant and pervasive sexism in everyday life and actions that women have to put up with, deal with and make excuses for. It was really well done and as a compliment to the book and meant in the best possible way the word I can beat use for describing this book is demoralizing.

Possible spoiler:
The ending was absolutely heart wrenching and did and excellent job of amplifying the message of the book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment