Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

33 reviews

sgbray's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

tmazzzzzi's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug use, Racism, Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

yourstrulytay's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death, Racism, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

babieyunie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Trafficking, and Drug use

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Suicide

nasvans's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Child death, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

sab3467's review

emotional hopeful 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: Child abuse, Racism, Suicide, Death, Colonisation, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Torture, and Kidnapping

schwelo's review

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I knew this book would be heavy and it was. But the characters are so relatable and the storytelling so compelling, that I couldn’t put it down. Trauma takes many different forms in this story, but there is also survival, hope, healing & community. If the boarding schools were a rock thrown in a lake, this book is the story of all the ripples that spread out across the water’s surface. Excellent book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Cursing, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Rape, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Suicide

parismia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really loved this book. The importance of healing is so evident throughout the novel. It was heavy to read, but worth getting through to see the power that strength and resilience plays in trauma responses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Violence, Racism, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction

awebofstories's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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: Drug use, Racism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation