Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

4 reviews

wispy_reviews's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

The dialogue is well written and the characters are fleshed out well.  The story didn’t quite follow through what it was setting up, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs and Violence

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked the plot more than the writing. I found the beginning kind of drawn-out, and I had to stick with it for something to start happening. I also understand writing in a time period, but I feel like some sensitivity could have been used in the vocab to keep way from more racial and outdated terms. I think there's got to be a way to be "authentic," but to also be respectful of people's humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, Bullying, Grief, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

Minor: Body horror, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, and Addiction

m3rl1n's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcoholism and Racial slurs

The movie is also very recommended!

valerie127's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

"maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Blood, and Emotional abuse