Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

17 reviews

lilsneakybandit's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

2.5

I read this book at a friend’s request, expecting to hate it. The blurb on the back cover immediately signals that it’s going to be fatphobic. To my surprise, I ended up enjoying it. It’s definitely fatphobic, and the author clearly has no idea what a 250 pound person looks like (he describes her as unable to fit in desks or through car doors, which is ridiculous). However, it’s a really heartfelt view of mental health, and finding hope when life keeps pushing you down in horrible way. I grew to love the main character a lot more than I thought I would, especially given how much she bothered me at the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

samm1470's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Abortion, and Death of parent

skyye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Mental illness and Rape

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, and Abortion

readsfordee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse

snoutsiru's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.25

CHECK CONTENT WARNINGS BEFORE READING!!! this book is so incredibly sad and so many effed up  things happen it’s unreal. I can’t tell if the commentary in this book is valuable or obnoxious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and War

hannah_gingersnap's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

kchoike's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

3.5

As a mentally ill fat girl, you know I had to pick this book up. It was incredibly dark but a definite page-turner for me. It felt fairly dated in how it handled topics such as gayness, fatness, and race. I wasn't the biggest fan of the ending; I was hoping for a little more catharsis after everything the book put me through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy