Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

6 reviews

isabelgrace7146's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Animal death, Grief, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Emotional abuse, Murder, Abortion, Child abuse, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Racism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Incest

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Alcoholism and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse

ninjamuse's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

hannah_marie5314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

ulyssies's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

mysterious and beautifully, beautifully written. love all the symbolism and the fact that you have to think about the story yourself instead of having all the answers given to you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse

lydialian's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence