Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Toda a Gente Nesta Sala um Dia Há de Morrer by Emily Austin

34 reviews

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad

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

4.0

Probably one of the most relatable books I've read
(maybe don't read it if you're feeling particularly anxious or depressed)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

stripes_and_naps's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book and flew through it. I felt like the portrayal of anxiety/depression was very well written and relatable. I’m looking forward to reading more by this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Misogyny, Blood, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, and Religious bigotry

joensign's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

laran_s's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

mgmsharpe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

4.0

This was really good. It kind of reminded me of “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” and “my year of rest and relaxation”. The main character is a nice completely traumatized person, like Eleanor, but is self-destructive like the main character from “my year”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, and Abandonment

sgrunwald96's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

So painful and relatable. The author captures anxiety and depression so thoroughly in this funny and heartbreaking and human way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

yleavy's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

Kind of a romp, mostly twee. I appreciated the way Austin wrote the repeating/intrusive thoughts that come with anxiety. Would be perfect to read in a dentist’s office waiting room or on an airplane. Anywhere you have time to kill but don’t want to think too hard.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

cecereads__'s review against another edition

3.75

Okay, so I skim or preferably avoid blurbs with books as I think they tend to reveal too much or make room for wrong impressions. A spoiler further down will explain more…
Anyway, I thought the writing was easily digestible, had a good flow to it. I wouldn’t say it’s a funny-haha kind of book, but there’s some lighthearted humour in there along with more morbid/dark/profound parts.
The main character seems at the height of experiencing (relatable, speaking for myself) anxiety-ridden human emotions. She has got herself to a bit of a point of no return. And told in paragraphs sort of a vignette-y style where we learn about family relationships for example. That she comes from a family where everything has to seem picture perfect-surface level. And she is experiencing the consequences of being completely dismissed in who she fully is and having her emotions invalidated.

I was surprised when the police wanted to question Gilda. Thought at first it was her imagination so it was a bit far out to me initially, but I was really glad to see how she finally explained herself and vocalised her feelings to all the ppl involved through voicemails at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mahdz's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Religious bigotry