Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

El dios de las pequeñas cosas by Arundhati Roy

49 reviews

melshoo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

marioncromb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death of parent

lvwieland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

sanafarooqui's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Murder

km00's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, and Grief

saestrah's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism

sameenniazi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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 death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Minor: Incest

heathermesley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, and Grief

esmegrace's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

one of my new favourite books! the writing is just incredible, so evocative, poetic, visceral, beautiful whilst never being dense or inaccessible. i loved the complex and intricate changing of time period and shifts in perspective. the build-up that occurs throughout the novel is handled in a very unpredictable way but makes it incredibly readable. i will definitely return to this one!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Racism