Reviews tagging Physical abuse

The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett

32 reviews

sierrabedwell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book! It was very good from start to finish and I couldn’t stop listening! (Audiobook) the plot was unique - a mix between the hunger games and the handmaid’s tale - and the characters were realistic!!! There wasn’t a time when I thought that something wouldn’t actually happen in the given situation. I won’t spoil the end, but it’s not the traditional happy ending, and I liked that, because it was realistic! I also loved the political relevance of the topic and the metaphors that could be pulled from this book while reading. The ONLY thing I didn’t like, was

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that Tyranny falls in love. I liked that it was with a poacher because it showed us that side of the community, but the fact that she ended up getting pregnant, and she thought she loved him even though they only really knew each other for a few months… just didn’t sit well with me. I also didn’t like that she got cleared of the charges when she got back.

Overall, the ending was amazing. I never knew what was going to happen, and it was very smart the way that they used the Governor’s words against him to back up Tyranny’s excuse. I also liked that there was no major uprising in the end, because real change takes time, and I think the book does an amazing job at showing that. Amazing read. Would recommend to everyone!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

luminareads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Addiction, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, and Physical abuse

This book is heavy, very heavy and has some additional warnings not on the lists: Childbirth, starvation, slut shaming, and forced marriage.

dadimabookernow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow definitely one of the best books I've read for the year!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Death, Toxic friendship, Child death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Excrement, Grief, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

elsea_readingelsea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Gore, Death, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse

sarahmaemae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Moderate: Stalking, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, and Gore

jane_austyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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pregnancy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Confinement, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Violence, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Lesbophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Okay. As an adult I enjoyed this book. Amazon says the book is suitable for grade 7-9. I’m not sure if that was the author’s intent, but this is absolutely not appropriate for that. It’s too mature of a storyline for a middle/high schooler to be reading. There was courage, heartbreak, unity, love and friendship. It was a quick read. I will be looking for more books written by this author. No swearing but moderate sexual content. I say moderate because of the age group that this book seems to be meant for. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

jsumner1125's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Just Wow.   This book sucked me it and I didn't know where it was going.   I had to read at the edge of my seat because I was so tense trying to figure out what happens next.  Everytime I thought I knew what was going on another twist popped up.   In the political climate we are living in this had a lot of same struggles woman have brought to an extreme.  Felt the author had beautiful but very accessible writing.  Highly reccomend!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Death, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

While this books has a lot of tiggers I felt it was done in a well done way, although graphic not gorey, the bullying from all sides was definitely the worst but had a very inspiring ending of hope and change.

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Excrement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Bullying, Confinement, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Body horror, and Homophobia

promptus's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Child death, Gore, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement and Schizophrenia/Psychosis