Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel

30 reviews

chronicacademia's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

floatinthevoid's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It tried. 
There are some aspects that I really like, but there are more aspects that disappoint my expectation. 

I like the overly specific description of luxury things. Or the jab at wealthy white public figures' hypocrisy, or the exploration between themes like power, intimacy, obsession, algorithm, privilege, etc. 

But. 

The social commentary itself doesn't feel natural to me, because instead of trying to incorporate those social themes in the story, the author instead write it like a punch line in an article of essay with an overtly quirky choice of words that doesn't make sense. 

Also, I know that an unreliable narrator often use inconsistency to entice the reader what's real or not. But there's a big gap in between the plot that feels too jarring. 

I agree with other reviewers that it's a bit repetitive. The ending is unsatisfactory too to say the least. 

So take it with a grain of salt whatever people say about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse

d0mpl1ng's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

rosalind's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Cursing and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Misogyny, Racism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

teddylouise00's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Had it’s moments but did not captivate me truly, found myself glossing over a lot of it. The topics raised are important but overall I feel like it did not commentate on them in anyway that is substantial or adds anything to the conversation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse

saoreads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

There's a lot to unpack in here; the raw style of writing and toxicity are so oozing that it's oddly all-consuming to read. It's a different kind of self-destructive concept when the main character itself is hyper-aware of all these things. It left nowhere for finality, which is not satisfying; it just ended however it wanted at the pinnacle of making the worst decision as time and emotional well-being have been invested for so long to stop. It's a short-sighted way of ruining yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

laurataylor's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

iarinas's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

There was  potential, but ultimately I was extremely bored and annoyed by the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse