Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

22 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Addiction, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Bullying, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Death, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Animal death, and Bullying

saville08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

janicew9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

lizsurber'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship

kloft1993's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content

lcg527's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

falfy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Devastatingly beautiful. The writing was incredible. I couldn’t put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Rape

marlampt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

Indifferent with this debut.  I didn’t like it nor did I dislike it.   I wanted to finish the book but at the same time it dragged and I wanted it to be over.   There were some gruesome scenes that weren’t necessary and prolonged animal death that I had to skip through.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

bethanyam's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, and Suicide