Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

7 reviews

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Infertility and Vomit

camillewhowrites's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This book will change your life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, and War

yooniereads's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

In the first 30 pages, the text heavily reflects traditionally western ideals of the afterlife. But after pushing through that, the depiction is more ambiguous as Eddie continues on his journey. It’s a good thought experiment, I just found it a bit lacking, specially with how things were wrapped up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Medical trauma and Car accident

noesols's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

below_average_baker's review

sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I really liked the concept of this book but the execution felt rushed and disappointing. The "morals" felt like inspirational quotes you see on facebook rather than something actually deep and meaningful. The main thing that I hated was

excusing his father's lifelong abuse and making Eddie forgive him because the dad didn't quite kill the guy who sexually assaulted his wife

. That seems very poorly thought out without considering the nuance and complicated emotions that would actually be involved in the situation.

If you like the idea of this story, I would recommend "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig instead, or even "On the Other Side" by Carrie Hope Fletcher. Personally, I enjoyed them far more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Vomit, and Alcohol

nobirdtennis's review

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

dohertys17's review

inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

Note: This was one of my late grandma's favorite books and I read it this month to celebrate her birthday.

Likes:
- Quick, easy read
- Not overly preachy/God toned language
- Liked the theme of someone who is unhappy with where they are in the world being able to come to terms with their life and find some sort of meaning.
- Learned that Kewpie was originally plastic dolls and not just Japanese mayo hahah

Dislikes:
- I kept forgetting that Eddie was in his 80s. The way he was portrayed made him seem like he was much younger. Also, I feel that he likely had some time to reflect during his aging process and not be so shocked by his death (although it was caused by a horrific accident)
- The 5-year-old Asian girl somehow knew English but not well enough to speak properly. Find it sort of sad that the main/only POC character in this book was portrayed this way (especially in the magical world of heaven)
- Throughout the book I felt like I was being told how to feel rather than feeling it for myself.
- His relationship with Margueritte felt unhealthy, as if he idolized her, yet we don't find out that she has died until near the very end. Why was he not looking forward to potentially meeting her in heaven?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Terminal illness