Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

282 reviews

zreadz's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Kukafka’s language and prose create a story that’s hard to look away from. What begins as a story about familial abuse and abandonment twists itself into a darker story. This book deals with the philosophical question: Are we inherently good or evil…or is it our choices that make us that way? In addition, it uses the idea of nature vs. nurture to make the reader question your own life and the many different versions of your life that could’ve been. This book leaves you with a feeling that’s hard to describe. These are just a few themes conveyed by this story and there are many more, but I’m glad I picked it up on a blind read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Abandonment

mmmsnacks's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

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

Minor: Alcoholism

riexy's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

lisettemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

e11en's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

a_w_m's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Brilliant! Loved this author’s writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Abandonment

damira_rx22's review against another edition

This was a tough rating. I DNF @ 80%. I started this book as a buddy read with some friends. Though it did create some great conversations, I got bored with the storyline and never picked it back up. I do recommend this book for book clubs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

jvanwyen's review

challenging dark reflective sad 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

4.0

Dark, but made me think. Author did a good job of making Ansel’s story layered. Despite his “manuscript” being written off in the story by other characters, the questions posed were interesting for me to think about. 

I wonder why Lila’s voice was excluded in the last chapter in favor of her daughter, when we got to hear from the other 3 victims directly. I didn’t like that choice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Murder

deremie's review

dark reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

prinzesstephi's review

challenging dark reflective sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment