Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

43 reviews

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

Loved the book for the most part, but felt like the ending was really abrupt considering the slow pacing of most of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Outing, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse

otakatoe3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Death, Outing, Cancer, Hate crime, Bullying, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

sad_sunflower's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Addiction, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Lesbophobia, Murder, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death, Outing, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Racism, Hate crime, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming and Car accident

dreyajavi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-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

3.75

The writing was beautiful. The characters delicately crafted and real. The lack of accountability was unsettling while being realistic. But some of that lack of accountability led to an unsatisfying ending for me and knocked it down a star or so. 
Sidenote: I totally picked this book up because of its cover art. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, Racism, and Cancer

Moderate: Police brutality and Emotional abuse

Minor: Murder

readingismyluvlanguage's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Hate crime, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Death

datgirllani's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

Oh God, this book was devastatingly beautiful. It broke my heart and made it feel full at the same time. The writing? 10/10. There’s so much more meaning in this book that wasn’t written on the pages. Officially my favorite book I ever read. Please read it, you won’t regret. “I wanted to cry because I didn’t understand how a world so beautiful could also harbor so much pain”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Terminal illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Police brutality, Abandonment, Racism, and Alcoholism

thewellbitch's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Cancer

Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia

mia_liest's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

A beautiful, black, queer coming-of-age story set in a small town including quite some family mysteries. I read through the night and loved (almost) all of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, and Death

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Child death, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Murder

livreittoashley's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Outing, Police brutality, Racism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Classism, Death, Racism, Religious bigotry, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Outing

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Car accident, Abandonment, Gun violence, Slavery, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Sexual content