Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Ein wenig Leben by Hanya Yanagihara

3354 reviews

sinnamint's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is diabolical and so fucked. Like the more I think about the more it pisses me off and I want to say I didn’t like it, but I did. I connected so hard with the characters and it affected me really hard. I want to give it a 3.9 so a 4 it’ll be. Idk I have mixed emotions about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

bethniamh's review against another edition

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Maybe if the author had shown any degree of self-restraint, I might have been moved by this in the way she so clearly wants the reader to be. However, she gets so carried away with the catalogue of awful things that happen in this book that I was sat there, eyebrows raised, thinking ‘really??’ on multiple occasions. I’ll probably have more to say at a later point but right now all I can say is that this was a frustrating experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

soursandwich's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt

jeslis's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt

uraliebn2's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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five because the writing was great and it sure made me feel something

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

abrocker26's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt

famungo07's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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siempre habrá opiniones contrarias para este libro, pero es hermosamente doloroso, tiene temas tan profundo y reales que te destruyen, jamás creí que un libro así me haría sentir que no puedo dejar solo al personaje 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

kat_35priov's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

glopez14's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

hasmith's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book broke my heart. I struggled with deciding how I felt about it while I was reading it, but now that I’ve reached the conclusion I know. This book was graphic. It had graphic depictions of self harm among other things. I advise  sensitive readers take a good look at trigger warnings for this book.

This book broke my heart. For its ending. Such a graphic yet real and grounded depiction of friendship and love and life. At the things that make us who we are. At the way our friend’s visions of us impact our world and our path. It has brought my love for my friends to my focus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt