Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

El dios de las pequeñas cosas by Arundhati Roy

49 reviews

domesticatedfox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.75

The blurb about Roy creating her own language for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse

shruti21's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective relaxing slow-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: Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

kyrap's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Incest

hatoooz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

a tough read tbh but it’s worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

abbieight's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

ahyacinthine's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

The descriptions of settings, emotions, and events in this novel are unlike anything i’ve ever read before. The author deliberately wrote out even the most mundane of details with a sense of significance and care - and it make every small detail, no matter how inconsequential, hold relevance to the greater storyline , thus recognizing it’s title. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Incest

evllhag's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

crispydegas's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

womanwill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Ableism, Rape, and Vomit

sharkycharming's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, and Death of parent

I would not recommend this book to anyone who is squeamish, because this books describes so many realities of bodies, sex, violence, hatred, and the [sometimes scary] animals and plants that live and grow in a tropical climate.