Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham

5 reviews

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic

himpersonal's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved the story. Feels like it’s applicable today with our careless commoditization of natural resources for the benefit of human consumption and the extreme rightists trying to control women’s reproductive freedoms. Frightening times!

Had to wonder how the book would’ve addressed women unable to bear children and how close we’d get to being forced into being Marthas and aunts, à la The Handmaid’s Tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Banging post-apocalyptic novel about the fragility of human society in the face of man-eating plants and blindness with a healthy dose of Cold War and satellite weapon commentary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Rape

elihrus's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A short fast book that makes you think about your worthiness as a human. Even though it was written in the 50s, you'll get a uneasy feeling that it was written just yesterday about modern times. The scarrines of civilization falling apart is really similar to modern ecology concerns.
Ignoring the tree page rant of one of the characters about women being good-for-nothing, it was a great dystopian quick read. Even though the characters were mostly flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gore, Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Pregnancy

ymer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol