Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

16 reviews

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This low-fantasy magical realism book follows Jared as he navigates the challenges of colonialism, high school, an abusive family, and hallucinations that may or may not be magic.

Although I appreciated the coming-of-age aspect of this book, I found that the fantasy storyline was more on the sideline than I would have liked. One of my biggest criticisms of the writing is that the drug use and violence/weapons reads like it was written by a mom who has never smoked weed before. No hate to the author, but some of the slang that was used was laughable.

Spice level: 🌶🌶.5/5

Please please please, check the content warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Incest, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Colonisation

stephanieridiculous's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism

lddecker's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence and Self harm

zafarali's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

kimiwriter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really liked this book. Jared has a hard life and there are points he feels helpless but he is always trying to do something about it. The way he's always trying to take care of everyone resonated with me. He makes bad choices but is also prepared to live with those choices. The magical aspect was a bit surprising and I wanted a second book with a bit more explanation for this and to see where things would go, but this book is self contained and doesn't need anything else. I will be picking up more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Dementia

noreadingdegree's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i went in expecting to enjoy this, but am still shocked at just HOW much i enjoyed it. i loved this. i love love loved it. i did only listen to this via audiobook, but the narrator, jason ryll, was an absolute delight. this book had me cracking up the whole time and i couldn't help but love jared and his messy ass self and family 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts