Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Những Người Đàn Bà, by Etaf Rum

44 reviews

liannaengland's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Child abuse, Sexism, Confinement, and Physical abuse

kimb2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This is a tough, tough read.  The women in this story have no rights and no purpose in like other than to marry, have children cook and clean.  It’s a powerful story and really makes you realize how much we take for granted.

I believe this multigenerational story is about giving women a voice and it’s something everyone should read even with the very difficult subject matter.  This is a book that will stay with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

britmo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion

ohgeeitschrissy's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

shushkeepitdown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I was straight up bawling my eyes over this book. It really shows the dangers of misogynistic culture being inbedded into religion and twisting it's words. This book made me so mad at the men and the current world we live in.  Not much has changed but I hope one day as a woman myself I can make my own choices without having a finger pointed at me just for existing. A beautiful book which made me super emotional. Highly recommend pick it up but be warned there is a lot of triggering topics and contents in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Self harm, and Child abuse

Minor: Car accident

Spoiler

mentions of car accident but no one actually dies by one

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Rape

Minor: Blood, Islamophobia, and War

ducksfloat's review against another edition

challenging 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Gut wrencherrrrrrrrr, wow very good. Audio was fantastic. Best audio yet (dare I say.....) Complex, heartbreaking. Not one person's story. I love a generational novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Rape

njokitiagha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Abortion, and Child abuse

jordanrisa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

3.75

This book is one I’m glad I picked up, especially because it’s written by an Arab American woman, whose perspective is so underrepresented in literature and in media overall. While the author is clear about the dangers of having her single story be used to represent an entire community and culture, she was able to pull from her own experiences and upbringing to create a voice for herself that has reached so many and also enabled her to break the cycles she didn’t want her daughter to have. The story follows 3 generations of Palestinian women who had to flee Palestine to come to America. It’s about familial obligation, unfair gender roles and expectations, and generational trauma — specifically about mothers passing it on to their daughters. 

While the book does read a bit like a YA novel and could have been wrapped up better and with a bit more nuance and less repetition, I appreciate the ways she showed the various reasons the women in the story were stuck in their ways or were complicit in the cycle — out of fear or shame, and also the ways the men acted as a result of extreme familial pressures that were pushed onto them by prior generations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Murder, and Physical abuse

toadstoolsnshit's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

This book is very well written. The character development is incredible. Please check the trigger warnings before reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol