Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

239 reviews

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, War, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Torture

chronicacademia's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Violence, and War

booksandcat's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. I've seen other reviews mention a change halfway through, and I agree with that - the first half, focusing more on translation and learning, was definitely my favourite over the last half, which focused more on violence and attempted revolution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Gun violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, and War

sunflowerwork's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and War

kshertz's review

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

Wow this is an incredible book. It starts with colonization and we follow this small boy and there’s some magical realism. But really there’s so much more. There’s history, coming of age, revolution, the realism of change, power, and corruption. I was enthralled and couldn’t put it down. Absolutely a beast of a book but one I will be highly recommending often. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Classism, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, and War

funcabbage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Murder, Sexism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug use and Child abuse

riverleafing's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racial slurs, Racism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Colonisation

missmali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-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

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, Colonisation, Racism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Drug use, Death, and Sexism

scmiller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Child abuse, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, War, Toxic friendship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Addiction, Infidelity, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Drug abuse, and Vomit

jimmy_o3's review

challenging dark 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

4.75

this books hurts. like it’s hard to get into at the start but after you just keep reading and can’t stop and oh my god i didn’t think the characters would impact me as much as they did

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Misogyny