Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

4 reviews

kelkelkelkelly's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.5

I loved this book so much. Enid is a vivid, authentic character that bundles her quirks, flaws, desires and fears together in a beautifully authentic way. The cast of characters are all unique and feel very real, and the writing style has this clipped, frank style that really suits Enid’s POV. The plot does hinge on miscommunication tropes, but it works with the relationships in the story. There are some unexpectedly chilling and creepy moments that make this a real page-turner. This story will stay with me for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Violence

soyb3an's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Self harm, Stalking, Mental illness, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Grief, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

kristenlorri's review

dark emotional funny reflective 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: Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

hp97's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I want to write a longer review but I stayed up too late reading so for now I’ll just say I found this book to be exquisite.  Being in Enid’s head felt like being in my own which was comforting and suffocating and liberating all at once. I can definitely understand that this book won’t be for everyone but for the folks it is for it’ll hit hard. 
It’s for you if you’re queer and mentally ill and neurodivergent and have had a true-crime-podcast-binging-as-comfort-media phase and have wondered how good for you that actually is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Vomit, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Murder