Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Wound by Oksana Vasyakina

1 review

readersbutterfly's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was a literary marvel, with an absolutely compelling focus on the memoir’s main character, Oksana. In her explorations of her own queerness, her relationship with her mother, her emotional ability, her art; we face the penultimate force of grief and its impact on her world. A feminist work, a lesbian work, a poet’s work, a human’s story. It resonated in my heart with a resounding cry for days after.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence