Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

23 reviews

moss_martii's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Classism

lautreamont's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Miscarriage and Racial slurs

francescaastraea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The least realistic thing about this book is that more than 4 lesbians in 19th century London would hang out regularly. I mean it takes like six weeks of planning to hang out NOW and these ladies had to spend eight hours a week sourcing clean drinking water

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Classism

lilly_anne's review

dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, and Vomit

space_bandit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Racism

rosalind's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Grief and Dysphoria

confusedmuse's review

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a bit slow at the start for me, but once I got used to the style, the story really hits. A must read for LGBT+ fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Cursing and Drug use

sopaipillaconpebre's review

reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

cnidariar3x's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Gorgeous sapphic bildungsroman with a sprinkle of "Napoleon Dynamite", a pinch of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" but sticks the landing much better with more nuance than either.

I love this book so much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Classism

denimtuxedo's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Sexism