Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Keeper by Graham Norton

4 reviews

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Sexism, Drug use, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide

jebarlo09's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Medical content and Animal death

krisrow's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Dementia

Minor: Infidelity

lozababe's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A bit confusing at the start and one that I was unsure whether I should carry on reading, but I’m really glad that I did.
We swap between events of the present (where Elizabeth has lost her mother and goes back to Ireland and ends up discovering things about her past) and events of the past (where we find out how things actually played out and not just how they were told), finding out things from the past that are clearly not known in the present but really should be. 
The story kept me engaged after the first 50 pages and that’s when I knew it would become a book that I wouldn’t want to put down and, when I did, one that I couldn’t wait to pick back up again. It’s quite a short story, and kept me guessing about what had happened in the past throughout. Even until the end I was guessing about what had happened before it was revealed - some things were easier to guess than the rest. 
Graham Norton’s writing was a dream to read, it was so easy to find yourself immersed in the story and not realise how long you had been sat reading it. My only problem with it was it was a little slow to start for my liking and a little bit confusing until you got into the rhythm, but overall one that I would recommend and I’m glad that it was recommended to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Emotional abuse