Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

La Danse des damnées by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

26 reviews

jmitchell20's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Homophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Violence, Miscarriage, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, and Xenophobia

Minor: War and Alcohol

the_prickly_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

gurofl's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I generally liked this book while listening to it, but was a bit frustrated with it around the middle. There were sections where I felt the characters thought or acted for the sole purpose of advancing the plot in a certain direction, which for me makes characters two-dimensional and less believable. (I also don't like villains who are pure evil. I like them to be more interesting). What was supposed to be the big reveal in the middle of the book, was pretty obvious, so the mystery of it bored me, but after we got that out of the way, I really liked getting to know the characters and their interactions better. 
So I at first thought this was an ok read, but I find that I've been thinking about this book and especially the main character a lot after finishing it, and that I like it better now than I did immediately after finishing it. In the middle I thought this would be a 3🌟 read, but I now thinks it's a solid 4🌟. 
(Loads of content warnings for this book! It's not an easy read.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Classism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Racism, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Hate crime, Grief, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Animal death, Murder, Outing, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Miscarriage, Child death, Body horror, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Domestic abuse

ohwildes's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Misogyny