Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom

6 reviews

lowbrowhighart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Car accident

jennastopreading's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

jaimee_reads's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.75

I feel like the book box I got this from mis-represented the book. This book is not about the procedure. The procedure is covered in a single paragraph about 2/3 of the way through the book. This is about a very specific 6 month or so period of Anna's life that is supposed to give the reader an idea of why she wanted this procedure. It seemed very tech dystopian when I was reading the summary, but it's not. It's very literary and sad. I love the author's writing, but this isn't what I expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Gore, and Mental illness

dpageteach00's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a very quick read for me.  A terrifying look at social media, the pressure of looking a certain way, although it is all around us. I know how difficult it was for me in my 20s (and still is NOW) I can't imagine the young kids today dealing with all of this.  Yes, very shallow at times, but that is the reality.  Perfectionism, addiction and so much more. I thought this was very well written and the voice of the main character was not a "woe me". She was aware of what she was doing, her mistakes, he pull, and unapologetic about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

albon's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Death of parent