Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci

7 reviews

loganmedrano's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Minor: War

rakkaussipsi's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

imrereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I'm having a hard time placing my feelings about this book. One one hand I felt absolutely encaptured by the narrative and the two stories we follow, thinking about them every time I put the book away, and looking forward to returning to them. On the other hand I don't know that I quite understood it all. I'm sure there's some symbolism that's going over my head, but the snakes and the talking cats didn't quite make sense to me. And while it didn't make sense, that also didn't bother me. So I don't know. Maybe I just need to let it simmer in the back of my mind for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

josefiina's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, War, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

notkirk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

1.0

1 out of 5 Stars - I would actively recommend against reading this book

For being a queer book, there was very little queer content. The plot was confusing and strange. I couldn’t tell what was real and what was fantasy or if anything was real or if everything was fantasy. There was no clear direction or theme. It was a mess.

The cat human thing was a racist, misogynistic, asshole that added nothing to the story and was an excuse to write down insults at POC and immigrants. Really tasteless with no clear rationale as to why this commentary was added.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

mmefish's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, War, and Bullying

Minor: Racial slurs