Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

47 reviews

cindyloufitz's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Murder

emmahe's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Stalking, Violence, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Medical content

ks19's review

lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Religious bigotry

Minor: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

missmolly's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I hugely enjoyed reading this book. It was a well balanced mix of entertaining, enlightening, and exciting. I especially enjoyed the commentary on how as a society we expect older women in particular to be non-sexual and also how empowering talking about sex and sexuality is for women in general. It is also clear that it is empowering in many ways, not just in erotic situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Racism and Rape

betris's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder

kelly_twardziak's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Sexism

atsundarsingh's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book so much. It does light-hearted family drama. It does humour. It does mystery. It does feminism. It does upending cultural scripts. I think the mystery and character development were good, and hey! a story where older ladies are frank about sex? Hilarious and delightful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse