Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Demain, et demain, et demain by Gabrielle Zevin

173 reviews

4morris4's review against another edition

just another horny autistic boy genius book, prepare for disappointment and misogyny

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

booksense's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

stratospheric's review against another edition

funny inspiring sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Abortion

Minor: Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol

felofhe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bunzilla's review against another edition

I really don't get why this book is so popular? None of the characters are likeable except for Marx and they kill him off for no reason lol 
Too slice-of-lifey for me as well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Rape and Abortion

erindoublee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.25

Gosh I wanted to love this book but I just like it only. 

Some parts were so beautifully written, and others pure cringe. 
I had zero attachment to the characters and their awful relationships with each other. I wanted to see more actual development and working through this issues and instead it was just one frustrating conversation after another. 

The first part of the book gave me hope that would be A Little Life - light version,

focusing on Sam’s foot and personal tragedy and his friends rallying around to help him recover. But instead Sadie decided after he is hospitalized to be angry with him for his perceived ulterior motives. It was a strange turn in the story that I did not enjoy. 

Further, I had zero love for Marx. When he died I didn’t care. Although I will say the narrative for that part was excellent. 

After Marx’s death it was just an okay story. I think the author tried to comment on gun violence in America with that entire part of the story. There were too many holes there. Sadie’s reaction to his death was over the top and Sam’s reaction was not within his character.

Overall, I was okay with this story. I did not love, in fact the last third of the book was a total let down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism

chaterbox87's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Abortion

faerylibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy

risaroo033's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent

erin1096's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

2.5

I hated all of these characters so much, and not even in an interesting, flawed character kind of way. The book was about 100 pages too long and there was still no pay off or resolution to the plot. It gets 2.5 stars because I was able to finish it and there were moments where I thought it was okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy