Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane

36 reviews

jessicastewart's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved that this is not typical romance yet still has a happy ending. Georgina is one of the strongest female characters I have ever read about and I loved her. Plus Lucas’ declaration of love is EVERYTHING! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

maradf's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming

janaya's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting and Panic attacks/disorders

greengables302's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

markedwithanm's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Rape, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Fatphobia

kaydeedickins's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Death and Cancer

mackenziem12's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

cluckieduck's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.0

Wonderfully captivating, I couldn't put this book down and demolished it in 2 sittings. Mhairi's prose had such beautiful flow - it was sharp, witty, emotional, and relatable. But I agree with many others - this is NOT a romance novel. Unless you consider that the main relationship that develops in this novel is the relationship that Georgina grows with herself, but that's a stretch.

This story is full of the 'hurt people hurt people' mantra. While full of laugh-out-loud moments, it is also filled with grief, turmoil, and recounting of past traumas that readers shouldn't go into it lightly. However, I do think that Georgina's experience & growth will resonate with a lot of readers lived experiences.

"No one else is going to fix you. The only person who can fix you, is you. So Coldplay lied."

“Sometimes because the people we wanted to care for us, didn't care for us, we live with a deliberate lack of care for ourselves. A way of getting back at them, through self-neglect.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Violence, Confinement, Stalking, Death of parent, and Blood

lpfoley's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Infidelity

elatedbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny

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

5.0

“Liking yourself is a radical act…Celebrate how great you are and what a nice time you have by yourself. Refuse to partake in the self-loathing we’re virtually commanded to, in this sick society.”

This book was a fun amble through early 2010s British culture UNTIL IT WAS SUDDENLY A FIRECRACKER OF GORGEOUS POIGNANCY DISCUSSING DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIPS. 

Another for my nickname quote bank <3

“He had a pet name for me. I had never been seen like this before. I had never dared to be seen like this before.”

“I was a natural show-off who hates being the centre of attention”

^ me heehee 

“You will honestly find the dopey lols in fucking anything, won’t you?“

[yes]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment