Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Falling Leaves: The Memoir Of An Unwanted Chinese Daughter, by Adeline Yen Mah

5 reviews

jeslis's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

Notes:
- No star rating for memoir.
- Good book for the historical and cultural contexts of China from around 1920-1990. Well integrated and not confusing or overwhelming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

jjjreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Cancer, Medical content, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Racism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Ableism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Excrement, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Trafficking, Drug use, and Hate crime

deadlizard's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Abandonment, Child abuse, War, Violence, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Ableism

bookhoarderbea's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Dementia, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Violence, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

antijeffbozo_love2read's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.75

It was pretty slow and had quite a few parts that I found boring or annoying to read. There were some interesting parts though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Xenophobia and War