Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland

13 reviews

zailun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

agent00kotik's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

ashmak06's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

gottheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“Everyone we let into our lives has the power to hurt us. Sometimes they will and sometimes they won’t, but that’s not a reflection of us, or our strength. Loving someone who hurts you doesn’t make you weak.”

I picked up this book because I had read House of Hollow by the same author, and the cover and description spoke to me. 
I was sucked in from the first page, finding Esther quirky and weird, with a very active imagination and Jonah adorable and loving. 
Somewhere in the middle I strayed away; maybe because some of the topics hit a little close to home. I nearly didn’t pick the book back up but after a few weeks I was ready to finish it. And I’m so glad I did. The ending wrapped everything up really well, while still leaving parts open to your own interpretation. 
While the character are mostly lighthearted and joke about their problems, this book explored a few different mental health issues in great detail, through the eyes of a girl with a very active imagination. 
I definitely highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about different types of love and fear, and explore mental health issues in a really imaginative way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

emiwhip's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Murder

larayn's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

I went into this book expecting something light. It's. Not. Light.
It is funny, especially in the beginning, but the subject matter couldn't get any heavier. Seriously, so many triggers here.
As far as the quality of the book, it's highly readable and I liked it.
The message is important. The "mythology" of the book started to fall apart toward the end and stop making sense, though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

annakat's review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

hollylynnca's review

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

This is a good book. There is truth in this book. Some characters frustrated me beyond belief but that helped drive the main conclusions home. It did get slightly unbelievable, but if you can maintain that careful dance between reality and fantasy (which I can, if I read a book in one sitting like this), it works.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

bethsicle's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I feel like everyone loved this book and it just wasn't really my thing. I feel like it fell into magical realism a bit (which is fine!) but it just wasn't my favourite. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mintgreenstars's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, and Grief