Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante

21 reviews

elisaviihde's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual violence

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, and Stalking

lealoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

lhulmes19's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

pineconeprovolone's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

amkarina's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Um livro com uma prosa mansa, mas com temas pesados. Violência, patriarcado, abuso infantil, assédio… tantas coisas narradas como fatos corriqueiros… a estória é um tanto confusa, misturando memórias, faz de conta, traumas e desvaneios da personagem. É o primeiro livro da autora que leio e me agradou bastante!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Suicide

aegireads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

francesca89it's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

terrales's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

kirstyjmacleod's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

A mother’s death forces her daughter to reflect on shared secrets and lies. Elena Ferrante’s first novel establishes her as the voice of atmospheric mid-century Naples. This is more abstract, with less of a grip on gritty reality, as her later novels. Delia is also somehow a less graspable character than those in the Neapolitan trilogy for example. Nevertheless, still a luminous and challenging debut.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent

Drowning