Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates

3 reviews

rtthalia's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, War, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

persnickery's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.5

Absolutely devastating. I only know Marilyn Monroe as a sex icon, but this story shows how she was made, that Norma Jean was always there, being used and abused and shaped into Monroe be the endless, voracious male audience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

maplegrey'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship