Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Bad Fruit by Ella King

22 reviews

loafwithsoph's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

emmanoellovato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Okay this is objectively a five star book, but I also wish that I could forget I read it. Just so captivating, but also incredibly disturbing. I don’t feel great after reading it, but I also couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

batcaves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

l_lilly_05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

angelajzhu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

krys_kilz's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a challenging read. It focuses heavily on abusive family dynamics and intergenerational trauma, but I don't think it crossed the line into exploitation or trauma porn. Instead it really encompassed how all consuming abusive relationships can be and the way trauma impacts memory and one's sense of self. 

The relationship between Lily and her mother was particularly powerful. I appreciated how Mei's own traumas were revealed as Lily slowly began to unravel why her mother was the way she was. And I also appreciate that Lily still left in the end and didn't necessarily forgive her mother's actions. Her mother's own history of abuse was an explanation, not an excuse for her behavior.

I would also just like to note, I wouldn't really consider this book to be a thriller. It has somewhat similar pacing along with the slowly unraveling storylines, but it's different. I'm not sure why it was marketed that way on Storygraph. 

tw: abuse, trauma, self harm, r*pe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

reflexivecorpus's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

mendthecat's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

aigreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

whatskatiereading's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape