Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

7 reviews

poenaestante's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was weird but a total page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity and Classism

rachaelwho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

Sad, abject, revolting, surprising, funny, hopeful, tender, heartbreaking. This book was so fucking weird and so very Miranda July and I really loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence and Pregnancy

fieldofhats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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

Read for Fiction Writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Abandonment

lexigrce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.5

thought it couldn’t get weirder and then it did again and again and again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

lilmor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

one of my best friends, a deeply enigmatic middle-aged woman named Aura, emphatically recommended and lent me this book. in retrospect it is exactly the type of thing she would recommend. almost didn’t finish multiple times, powered thru 4 her. experiencing a lot of complex emotions rn; disgust, pity,  tenderness feature prominently. i cannot recommend this book and i cannot give it a star rating. miranda july is a talented writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, and Abortion

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy

kamuffel's review against another edition

challenging funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A great read. Totally absurd. Feels like diving into somebody else's mind and discovering a complete different universe - is this how others think and see the world? Weirdly relatable even though it shouldn't be to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship