Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Long Way Gone: The True Story Of A Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah

5 reviews

hamletslover's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shontellereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

I think the content is as harrowing as it is interesting but the writing really didn't do this memoir justice, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

literaryloquacity's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

lily_kruse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

freg's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail