Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

38 reviews

bra1nw4sh3d's review against another edition

it was just so painfully bad. not to mention racist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Xenophobia, Fatphobia, and Racism

mjb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Where do I even start...
I really did not expect to feel the feelings I did for these characters. I'm amazed at how the author made me go from disliking Eleanor, to loving her in such a short amount of time. I also love (and hate, because the characters did NOT deserve that) the twists that occurred near the end of the novel. Additionally, the style of writing is similar to "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon, which is a book that always hits a soft spot of mine. 
Once I started reading, I did not want to put it down. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a book that is engaging, and gives you mixed feelings!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

theworldof11's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Racism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

Minor: Toxic friendship, War, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Murder, and Physical abuse

ssusson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

lianne1203's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

kyoto's review against another edition

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

idk i didn’t like it was very confusing umm racism was not ok n also very ‘wannabe’ normal people vibe ok bye

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Body shaming, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Racism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Stalking, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

literally what the fuck was it abt

i_hv's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

lisakate1126's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was a fast read, tugged at my emotions, and made me root for both main characters. There are some tough topics covered, so definitely read the content warnings first.  Would read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Physical abuse

duchess16's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

THE ENDING OMGGGGGG who let the author do this :( come on the book was so incredibly amazing and it wasn't another teen novel that would never actually happen in real life. minus some of the '80s stuff, it could happen today. the ending frustrated me a little because they could've kept their love going, and park tried really hard. you could almost feel his heart breaking with each and every letter with no reply. Its not like the books where one character dies and then no one can do anything about it, eleanor could have tried.... ahh it was still so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Physical abuse

theghostdog's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

In my personal opinion it just was overall bad. I gave it a two star rating because the book can get you invested in the plot even if it it’s not the best, however, that doesn’t mean it was a good read. If you’re a hopeless romantic pre-teen that finds delight in any trope no matter how problematic it may be, then yes, I would recommend it to you, but other than that, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. It’s pretty fast-paced and I feel like that was one of the key flaws because despite my liking for a fast pace, if not handled well, it could end up being terrible, which is what this book ended up being, everything felt oddly rushed and the ending fell flat because of it. The book tried to be diverse and tried to be inclusive yet it did nothing but enforce stereotypes of two different races, so if you’re looking for a diverse book that does good representation, this is not it. The book is a hit or miss to the extreme, it’s very straightforward when it comes to the audience it’s targeting (and it isn’t a necessarily bad thing), for me it just missed and by a long shot 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Body shaming

A little explanation to the content warnings: Rape: there was a brief mention of rape by one of the main characters, it was absolutely unnecessary and it wasn’t anything important towards the plot, but it was just briefly said as a joke. One of the main characters is in an abusive and toxic household, hence the other content warnings Racial slurs: there’s a brief mention of racial slurs, one was about the main character explaining the use of the “n-word” in his school, the other I believe was an Asian slur