Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

28 reviews

mads1706's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Kidnapping and Violence

sunshine8473773's review

challenging emotional

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

alabiblioheck's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death, Murder, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.25

This book was amazing. Although it delt with difficult subjects like poverty, murder, sexism, and domestic abuse our main character is spirited Camila, a young adult, who might not always make the right decisions, but tries to stay true to herself and achieve her dreams of being a futbolella (female soccer player) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

I'm not that into sports, but I found this book to be quite beautiful. I loved getting to know more about Argentine culture and the Ni Una Menos movement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

noyastan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Murder, Child death, and Sexual violence

arlangrey17's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexism

noellerose's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

jessspeake's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.5

Camilla aka "Furia" is a strong young woman living in Rosario, Argentina. She has dreams of playing futbol in the USA. When her childhood love, Diego, visits Rosario on a break from his professional futbol career, the two rekindle a romance. Now Camilla must choose which dream to pursue: playing futbol, or a relationship with Diego.

I listened to this story as an audiobook, and really enjoyed it! It was fascinating to learn more about Argentina, and what it would mean for Camilla to try and pursue her dreams from Rosario.

I think her character was written beautifully, and as a young woman she has so much strength, conviction, and heart. I was rooting for her the whole time, no matter what path she chose.

I don't know if I see myself rereading this book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it while listening to it. This is a great book to pick up if you love young adult books, futbol, strong female characters and romance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, Death, and Murder

brittstagram's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship