Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

57 reviews

lydiamcleod's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

A touching novel at a perfect length for the story. A recent fave. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

camillaforte's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

gabydoesgrowth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

ashtonjamesdean's review

hopeful lighthearted reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

abnormal_shadow's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.0

I didn't go into this book with a clear understanding of what it was. I listened to this as an audiobook on Libby and I would very much recommend this method. It felt like a podcast. The main character address me as a character. In the book I answer her questions, I follow her story and I check up on her. The audiobook had music, the sounds of waves and the scratching of pens and pencils on paper. The main character is flawed, she often doesn't see how she makes people actually feel. She is confident and assertive to the extent that

it took a public argument with her sister to understand how she actual hurt the people in her life (Fernando and the sister).  Its seeing the other side of a child's life, how she feels she was doing her best, her side of the day that her son left, her side of the lives of those around her, her account of events.

You can tell in the book that she is an unreliable narrator and its easy to sympathize with her until certain things click you as a reader get angry with her but not for long. She is not a bad person she is just doing bad things and doesn't understand that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Grief

mr_cain's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

A sweet little story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

veritea's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

reasek's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer

year23's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Creative format to tell a complex & touching story of Cara, a middle-aged immigrant woman reflecting on her life as she navigates the ever-increasing challenges the US various oppressive systems throw at her. This is an empathetic story, but doesn't hold back in painting the depths of Cara's flaws & failings, while also celebrating her strengths & triumphs. The definition of a lovable character. 

Highly recommend, left me in tears by the end (the good kind!). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment