Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

15 reviews

jessicapinn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

“‘We all have to make a choice,’ she said softly, ‘and it’s different for each of us. Yours will be different from mine.’”

Can we just agree that huge adult fiction hits are more than likely not going to be a hit with me? Can I admit that and stop trying to get myself to love the big titles in adult fiction? 

To be clear, I didn’t hate this book. Not at all. But this book confused the heck out of me. You see, there’s time travel but you can only travel through time three times. (I don’t make the rules here). June traveled through time once when she was a baby, once in 2023 (the plot line we see and follow) and then presumably twice more? NO. Just no. The whole passing through the door thing was explained to me multiple times in a variety of ways and it just never made sense to me in a way that I was able to look past and just enjoy the book. Honestly, this was my biggest hang up with the book. I didn’t understand how the time travel worked, especially when it seemed June broke the rules and traveled through time more than three times. I even had the “rules” of time travel (as it related to this book) explained to me multiple times and I’m not sure they made sense even once. 

I also felt very disjointed moving from one timeline to another one so quickly. It’s like we had all this beautiful character development in the 2023 storyline and then that just abruptly ended. What happened to June’s close friends in the 2023 storyline? Did they ever find out what really happened to her or were they left wondering how she disappeared into thin air? 

There were too many unanswered questions and plot lines that made it difficult for me to want to rate this book anything higher than 3 stars. I think for the right type of reader, this book will be the perfect read for them. Unfortunately, I am not that person. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ally1994's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

I liked the book, but didn't love it. Overall it was good, parts did feel like they did drag on a bit.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sierrajhansen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

this was such an interesting concept! i got a little lost on the mechanics of the time traveling piece and didn’t connect with the characters as much as i wanted to, but this was a pretty entertaining fall read. it was also a little slower paced for me, but the twists throughout and especially at the end kept me going. i would have loved to see a better explanation of how the curse started

and how june was able to “break” it,

and the end felt a little abrupt and too tidily wrapped up. i think the author could have further explored some of the historical and small town factors of this story regarding the violent male characters at its center as well. overall though, i was entertained and it kept me wondering what would happen next

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

kneecole's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

jenhfultz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

wildflowerleahg's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

faduma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment