Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

There There by Tommy Orange

52 reviews

marisa_n's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Native American, mutliple POV, mass shooting

sarahmae531's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I wish that the conflict in the book happened earlier so we could see the aftermath of it. I felt like a lot of what lead up to the powwow wasn’t totally necessary, and I would’ve preferred it be swapped out for after the powwow. The amount of characters was also hard for me to follow along with, but I did enjoy slowly seeing how they were all connected and crossed paths with each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Car accident, Cursing, and Cancer

lyd41's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Did not enjoy the ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Blood, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Fatphobia

lessour's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Incredible and devastating, I loved the multiple narratives and perspectives. Beautifully simple and evocative prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-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

5.0

Brilliant like a hot knife through your chest. 
This is a complex read that pieces together the stories of many characters and how they influence each other's lives. There are so many things to talk about with this one that I think you could lead a whole class on it. I fell in love with the characters and just wanted them to find peace. For some reason I went into the book thinking it was going to be more wholesome and about identity, and it was about identity but it was also about colonialism, racism and the cycle of violence. It is unflinching and only relents a little at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

That's the kind of book that helps you become a better person and reader, it dives deep into exploring human emotion and behaviour which is exactly the reason I read books.
Honestly, this book made me care for every single character in it (there are a lot btw). Can't wait to come back to it and read it again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

sarahyllescas's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

There are so many characters and separation in the characters stories until the way end that I couldn't remember them all and it was hard to keep track what happened to who.  That being said, this contemporary piece was so reflective and eye opening to the individual struggles of natives and even minorities as a whole. I really enjoyed that insight. I also just hated the ending was so vague that <spoiler!!!!!!!!> you can't even tell if half the characters die or not! Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Colonisation, and Fatphobia

entropydoc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ajlct's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

kim_kv's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I am interested to see what he writes next, and I'll definitely be interested to read other stuff. He writes about an overlooked community, and presents important themes. However, there were so many people and I didn't feel invested in many or clear on their motivations. They felt like props in the overall message about the cycles of harm in the Native community to me. In all that there were some story lines and moments that were very compelling though and again this did seem like a very unique book to me so I'm still giving it a 3.5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse