Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Salgın by Ling Ma

8 reviews

avilareads's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

there were things i enjoyed about this novel (mainly its reflections on capitalism, family, and the interesting concept of the fevered) but the present tense portions of the book didn’t do much for me other than make me deeply uncomfortable. 
huge trigger warning for confinement in this novel that i had no idea of beforehand!
overall, a unique book with a captivating narrator. if it wasn’t for her flashbacks and insights on society i would not have finished this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Death, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Body horror, and Suicide

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Dementia

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Murder, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

awashinfeeling's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Religious bigotry and Suicide

f18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

queertrash's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Drug use

pollyflorence's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

sarah984's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Parts of this book really sucked me in - the pandemic itself, the way people reacted to it in different ways, the way that the protagonist had felt disaffected with her work because of how it exploits others for basically meaningless commodities.

However, I found the characters boring and unappealing (and those sex scenes - yuck) and the cult stuff wasn't that interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Vomit