Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Olisi jotain kerrottavaa by Celeste Ng

67 reviews

annabeedell's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

emilypapp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

morganperks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Death, Suicide, Racial slurs, Grief, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Pregnancy

winter_b's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Vomit, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Misogyny

Moderate: Outing, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Bullying, Alcohol, and Abandonment

linaanderson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Homophobia

joanabryant's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Boa escrita. Excelente descrição das personagens.
 Capítulos demasiado longos. Partes desnecessarias e muito aborrecidas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Racism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Mental illness

lindsmm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, and Child death

Minor: Bullying

hannah_krantz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Bullying

kestrel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book actually had for the majority of it. I really liked the family portrait and I really liked the complexity of the characters. However, the reveal kind of let me down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror

jaec11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Everything I Never Told You 

This is the mystery of a girl's disappearance, but more than that it's a story about family. 

This is the story of a mixed race family in the 70s, consisting of a Chinese-American man James, his American wife Marilyn, and their three children, Naith, Lydia, and Hannah. Each lead incredibly different lives, and we get to see them in both past and present.

 Nobody understands each other, and yet each feels misunderstood. Each character is incredibly flawed but in a way that is heart wrenchingly realistic. Everybody has secrets and things they don't know how to say. 

If I had to complain, I would say this felt a little unnecessarily long, and that at times I lost sight of the plot. The characters could also be hard to sympathize with, but that was of course purposeful.

Naith's ending, when he looks down at earth as a marble, literally made me tear up.

PG-13 For child death and mention of sex

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Racism

Moderate: Suicide and Emotional abuse