Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

104 reviews

letsgolesbians's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

couldn’t put it down, knocking down a star for a harry potter reference and the lack of pushback about virginity being tied to morality

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: War

bookishpip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

littlelikkel's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse

liv_txt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Car accident, and Pregnancy

hazzardfreak02's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

I couldn't put it down. It got off to a slow start, but then I wanted to find out what happened to each of the characters. It is difficult at times though, because of the violence and trauma. But it's still an important story to tell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Minor: Islamophobia and War

cartermon4's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death and Car accident

booknerderika's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

5.0

Etaf Rum has done it again, I sobbed like a baby with this book! 😭

This was so beautifully written and I slowly became bonded to these women which made some scenes so much harder to read through. Including the different perspectives really showed the way that trauma can show up differently for everyone. I also liked how we slowly unraveled the story of what really happened by piecing together everyone's memories and stories. I was absolutely devastated when I read the scene with the newspaper article and again at the end because I knew what was going to come from that decision. 

Rum also found a way to elegantly weave in the struggles of the Palestinian people back in Palestine so that readers could understand that even with all the struggles the characters faced in the U.S. it was still nothing compared to the struggles of losing their land and homes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

frankieclc's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

kaeleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

trilli_pop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

Wow. How devastating. Women should really stop letting men tell them how to do life. Generational trauma is real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse