Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Girls of a Certain Age by Maria Adelmann

6 reviews

hannibanani29's review

funny reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and War

Minor: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

joy_ong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

motleybooksandtea's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

uberklutz's review

emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol

izzymmcfarland's review

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

aidrielle's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

as far as short story collections go, this is one of the better ones i've read. but maybe i'm biased because i just love stories about girlhood and womanhood! i especially liked "Only the Good," "Elegy," "Middlemen," and "The Lunatic Report." "Only the Good" is probably my favorite though, and i don't even really know why. it was the first story and it had me by the throat from the very first line. i love maria adelmann's prose!
i will say though that this book weirdly had a lot of stories involving the US military which i have... complicated feelings about so it was a bit uncomfortable to read. maybe it's my fault for not looking at the synopsis too closely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia