Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Third Person by Emma Grove

18 reviews

kirsti123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Heartbreaking. Toby made me so angry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse

Abuse from health care provider

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

i read this is one sitting, which i wouldn’t recommend because this is a really heavy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

kenrya's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

ajaggers324's review

challenging informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Wow. This was intense, insightful and emotional. This was an incredible account of the author's gender transition and reckoning with her D.I.D. diagnosis. I thought the sparse illustrations were fitting, but I found the facial expressions a bit lacking. It was hard for me to really understand some of the nuances during the conversations with Toby. On the topic of Toby,

From the blub I thought he was going to be a supportive asset to Emma but was actually shocked with his treatment of her. I was unprepared for some of those scenes and often had to take breaks between certain chapters. I understand that there is a level of narrator unreliability here, but the disrespect and mistreatment was appalling.

Overall, I enjoyed this especially since it is a topic I am very unfamiliar with, but I'd strongly recommend checking the content warnings on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Medical malpractice

whitne_ey's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

internationalreads's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

samudyatha's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

indeedithappens's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

readinghavoc's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was so well done. I loved getting to learn about D.I.D. alongside Emma, and was surprised by how much affection I had for her disparate parts. The art style was really compelling in both its simplicity and the complexity of emotion, action, and thought it was able to convey. The black out boxes were a great choice, especially after reading about the authors process of writing the book. And it was fascinating to see the ways that Emma’s D.I.D. and her queerness interacted with one another. Insightful, captivating, and deeply moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Deadnaming, and Drug abuse