Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sophie's Choice by William Styron

5 reviews

lucie_b's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse

samsam922's review

Narrator was whiny, annoying, mysoginistic, and creepy. There were more chapters focused on how horny the narrator was than on Sophie herself. Even when Sophie did come up, it was mostly descriptions of her being abused or how attractive the narrator thought she was. The descriptions of domestic violence are also pretty vivid which just seems uncalled for. Barely scartched the surface of Sophie's holocaust experience even though the book was close to halfway over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual assault, Genocide, and Emotional abuse

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.5

I really hated this, wow. There are moments of wonderful writing, but they're overshadowed by hundreds of pages about how badly the main character wants to get his dick wet. Sophie's story is quite affecting, but again, it's overshadowed by the rest of the book.

The author was trying to draw parallels between the Holocaust and American slavery, but they were ineffectual. I think that's worth examining, but somebody else needs to do it. Anyway, points for making a book full of unlikable characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Confinement, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Death of parent, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, and Alcoholism

left3000's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Misogyny

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

slaapkameractivist's review

slow-paced

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

1.0

This book needs to be called the book of penisses instead of Sophies choice. I'm not against sex in books but god this was pointless and not even well written. Yeah, no.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Misogyny, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Child death, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, War, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Racism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Ableism