Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Anomalija by Hervé Le Tellier

4 reviews

imds's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

bre88's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Incredible. A truly unique and multi layered story with diverse perspectives from a large group of characters. Somehow the writer successfully builds worlds around  characters who span the globe and brings authenticity to all of them. I can’t wait to read this one again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Suicide, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

lemonflower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

lyko100's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

First of all, this book has some triggers in it so it may not be for everyone and I’ll try to list those triggers in this comment - without spoilers. 

At the beginning we learn about various characters who are of different age and each of them with a completely different story. We somewhat get to know them, see their flaws and later in the book we observe how those characters change and adapt to weird and indescribable circumstances. We see the characters observe their own behavior in a analytical type of way, and change their own behavior based on what they saw. 

The book touches various topics: from child harassment, through homosexuality in orthodox parts of Africa to metaphysical existential debate. 

Hard to say more about it without spoiling anything, overall a very good book with a rather predictable ending - hence 4/5. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Murder