Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac

8 reviews

erks's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage

maggie_gentner's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A softly brutal book, the sort in which more is said by what is not said.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

stasiana's review

dark sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Child death, Racial slurs, and Suicide

franksreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Grief, Violence, Racism, Death, Child abuse, and Abandonment

taryndeanne's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, Death, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Racism, Animal death, and Racial slurs

zee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Set in the 50s through 60s, this is a coming of age novel of a boy living on a reserve in the Okanagan Valley in BC, with all the hardships, complications, and trauma that come with it. 

The adult characters may be difficult to relate to, but you get a sense of the many driving factors behind their decisions and their impact on Eddie. All of the characters are wildly complicated, as a result of many different hardships.

I understand why it was longlisted for both Canada Reads 2022 and the 2022 Giller Prize, as well as being a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. It's very well-written, and hard to believe that it is a debut of the author. 

This is a very heavy book, though it sneaks up on you; lulling you in with mild optimism when Eddie is young. Be mindful of content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Bullying

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

schaarzy's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Cursing, Bullying, Classism, Death, Alcoholism, Racism, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Hate crime, Medical content, and Medical trauma

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage