Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

La morte di Vivek by Akwaeke Emezi

33 reviews

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Outing, and Alcohol

booksandmo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Deadnaming, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Fire/Fire injury

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

davidrb'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Would have been a solid 4 stars (great writing, nuanced characters) if not for the

incest that goes uncriticized and often romanticized.

Unnecessary and made it a really difficult read for me personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Outing

sylvestra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, and Outing

Minor: Deadnaming, Infertility, and Death of parent

robinsong's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was wonderful and all consuming. The exploration of grief and the messiness of the characters' lives was expertly done and made them feel like real people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

miachalupa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Islamophobia

kudzi1's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

This story explores trans life, sexuality, incest, loss, family dynamics, and most of all guilt. Not my usual book choice but still a very engaging read and thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

bookreviewsgr's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Μια ιστορία που αφορά τους κινδύνους του να βάζεις τους ανθρώπους σε κουτάκια σύμφωνα με τις προσδοκίες σου και πόσο βίαια αυτές οι προσδοκίες μπορούν να στραφούν εναντίον τους.

Διαβάστε αναλυτικά την άποψή μου στο  <a href="https://bookreviewsgr.home.blog/2021/04/11/the-death-of-vivek-oji/">blog μου</a>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, and Transphobia

eleennaeisloved's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, and Suicide attempt