Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill

6 reviews

joelina_horn's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

taralawlor94's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

same's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I would not recommend to anyone who struggles with eating disorders, disordered eating, body image or anything related, very much explicit, I know it's supposed to be a critic but I wasn't expecting it to be so graphic. I get the intend it's just not my type of book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide

agirlnamedellie's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

Second re-read of the year. Enjoyable read but I wasn't necessarily drawn in my the characters to the point where I couldn't put the book down. Gave me handmaid's tale vibe but for a younger audience, and covers similar social issues. Tackles a wide range of issues that teenagers face such as apparent, fitting in at school, friendship trouble, bullying etc. Really liked the author's writing style and how she created a whole new world that you could imagine happening in the future. Only reason I'm giving it 3.75 as compared to the other books I have read this year, it didn't make a strong impact on me as some of the other stories and novels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

mosimo2321's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Infidelity, and Sexual violence

readingroses's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

This shiz cray.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment