Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

967 reviews

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Classism, Infidelity, and Racism

kwheeler12's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Mysterious, wonderful & sad. Such a tender heartened, mysterious book. Me and my husband read this on our honeymoon to pass the time & we both ATE this up! We definitely watched the movie before the book but that’s my favorite thing to do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

xashleyxvix's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, and Death

reemoony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

before anything else, fuck delia owens. now, this was genuinely the best book ive read this year. it sucked me in on the first page and kept me there. following kya from her childhood all the way to adulthood become my favorite activity for a week. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Bullying, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Abandonment, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, War, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

sorkka's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

This book started off so slowly and boring but I am glad I persisted. The book follows the childhood and transition into adulthood of Kya,

Spoiler

who grew up in poverty all alone

. A local

Spoiler

murder

suddenly changes the tone of a book into fast paced page turner.  Throughout the book there are beautiful descriptions of the wildlife and nature of the marsh as well as explorations of the human condition and loneliness. I liked the it overall. But I would have preferred it to be less slow at the beginning and less rushed at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Abandonment, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Dementia and Mental illness

Nature, abandonment and classism are the most significant themes of the book.

Spoiler

The side character Jumpy is abused with racial slurs. The main character Kya experiences a lot of prejudice, predominantly classism. The main character is a victim of sexual assault from a toxic relationship. The home life of the central character Kya has domestic violence, child abuse and emotional abuse. A minor character has a breakdown and develops dementia.

olivia918's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

itsdeenlee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Cursing, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Bullying, Classism, and Hate crime

ines_santos13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

aude's review against another edition

Poor writing, weak plot and characterization 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Murder, Domestic abuse, Rape, Classism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racial slurs, Grief, and Racism