Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Paperweight by Meg Haston

12 reviews

smallpotatofry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death and Car accident

Minor: Blood

andreamhi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

omuraisu2's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite book of all times. It’s a wonderful story based on receiving mental assistance and dealing with complicated relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Minor: Emotional abuse

katygrace's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Grief

cateemma's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

sra_rdmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

abitofapoet's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Well written & realistic, but just not my cup of tea. I have a hard time connecting with characters i don’t like, and i wasn’t a fan of Stevie for most of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

malakramzy's review

emotional informative reflective sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Car accident

yourssincerelyemma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

eli_in_the_house's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol