Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

77 reviews

mirandyli's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I can see how this book was considered ahead of its time when it was written. There are still many themes that resonate today, even though the language is antiquated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

adamjeffson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Excrement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Dementia

jeremie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

parts of this definitely teeter on being just misery for misery’s sake which is to its detriment, but i’m too taken by charlie as a protagonist to rate it any lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Dementia, and Alcohol

katzilla99's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

thogek's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Excrement

ky001113's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Dementia, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

kendalsbookcase's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

leahb88's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

I was really engaged with this story and read it all in one day. The structure of the book as progress reports and use of spelling/punctuation/language was really well done. I enjoy a good unreliable narrator and I like how we know

things have been left out of the reports. As Charlie became less trustful of the researchers, what did he keep to himself?

I love how the author created the unbalance between emotional and intellectual growth. This book definitely made me think about what we value in people and what truly matters for a full life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sadiaa's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death

zealandrc's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

Beautiful and sad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment