Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

78 reviews

alysha714's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

trippalli's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

An excellent historic fiction. I appreciate it how they brought light to the women being put in seeing this albums when they spoke up or independent and brought to light the issues with arranged marriages and abusive marriages and how difficult it is to get away from it. Abusive relationship was interesting how they went back and forth between the two time periods and the what lives of those two people being interwoven

I don't think the story had a lot of surprises but it was well written and engaging story. I didn't want to put it down till it was done and I got invested in the people, characters and their goals and outcomes during the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Mental illness, Cancer, Child death, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Abandonment, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

galadriel07's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, and Physical abuse

allisonleslie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Went into this book with no idea what it was about and wow I loved it. The perfect combination of mixed storylines, magic, mystery and incredibly intriguing character lives. Wish I got a little more clear explanation of all things at the end but thought it all tied together so nicely. 

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Content Warnings

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

stellarstar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

Creative, magical plot. There are times when the plot is a bit unclear. I thought it a bit much, that most of the women characters were abused at some point in their lives. Loved the magical touches. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

karifaye's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse

erhmillard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

There are some plot holes, but if you’re willing, you can suspend that frustration to enjoy a fun and uplifting story 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Suggestion of stillborn baby, who turns out to have been illegally adopted to another family. Institutionalization of women in early-mid 20th century Europe.

fedorasommora's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Sexism

jen_sometimes's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and War

saskiajva's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Before you start this book, definitely read the trigger warnings. Based on the summary and the tagline “the most charming and uplifting novel of 2023”, i was expecting a cozy story about a magic bookshop that filled you with warmth, hope, and childlike wonder. This book was nothing like that. Instead, it is 431 pages of three different people experiencing and processing horrific and very real-world traumas. The actual bookshop is much more the background setting of their lives, and not at all integral to the plot in my opinion, which i thought was a bummer. this book could’ve easily been set in a realistic world without the bookshop and it would change very little. 

Ultimately the book was fairly captivating and i did read it to the end, but i don’t think i would’ve chosen this had i known what it was actually about. Or at  the very least i definitely would have been more mindful about reading this while in a good headspace. The history was pretty cool, it’s clear the author did a ton of research and there are so many historical Easter eggs interwoven 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death and War

Minor: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis