Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Mädchen, Frau etc. by Bernardine Evaristo

70 reviews

brittcoxon's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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Wow. A book that gives you a glimpse into so many lives. A unique look at the intersection of being LGBTQ and black. A complex set of stories, all interconnected, visiting friends and family, current times and historical. Some characters stories are harder to read than others, this book deals with some very difficult topics, ones that are sadly very familiar.
By the end of the book I felt I knew all our characters so well, their lives, influences and ambitions.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment

heather667's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Classism

Moderate: Deadnaming, Violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Genocide, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Colonisation

saman6ha's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Lesbophobia

laurenreadsagain's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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beautiful, explorative, illustrative

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Colonisation, Classism

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Infertility

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic

Incest warning is just in case, for an affair between in-laws.

gonzogamer's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Colonisation

caitc90's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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The life story of multiple women at different stages of their lives, as girls, as others.Told in the perspective of each person, their heat breaking stories of SA, domestic abuse and death, and heart warming stories of their first loves, last loves, being their authentic selves.

I really enjoyed this one, listening to it was a little confusing at first when I didn’t realise it was going through all the chapters of the same person before continuing onto the next thinking hmm didn’t she just say chapter 5, how are we at chapter 2 now. But that’s just me being distracted by my kids. The narrators voice was beautiful and so nice to listen to, I think she did the story justice. Overall it was a really enjoyable read, I don’t think I would have preferred the physically read it as the narrator added to the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Sexual assault

uncreativeoops's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Abortion, Alcohol

helfire124's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring 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

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I really enjoyed the interconected stories of these british people. I'd love a chart with all the relationahip dynamics

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Alcohol, Classism