Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

141 reviews

pacificsnail's review against another edition

Painful to read. There's way to write about trauma and I am convinced this is not it.
Stayed with me for a long time and not in a pleasant way. Had a hard time washing some of the images out of my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

mikaelawms's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

Absolutely heart wrenchingly devastating. But also the descriptions of the scenery were able to make me miss Ohio 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

katwritesandreads7's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

I would give 6 stars if I could. This is truly a masterpiece of a novel. I don't give 5 star ratings often (this is my second one this year), but this book was so moving and heart wrenching it deserved nothing less. My soul has been stomped on and my heart has been crushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

jue_mo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

kuripak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abortion, and Pregnancy

minty's review against another edition

2.0

I cannot go on with this book--normally I can handle most things that warrant trigger warnings, but I can't deal with all this sexual abuse. I love the father, except for how he's oblivious to the abuse in his own home, and Betty is a delight; seeing the world through her eyes means you can see the things she can't, though she grows quite astute.

And so I actually rate a DNF 2 stars, because I think this is a good book, but it is not for me at this time (and likely ever). Check the warnings before starting this (I didn't). I am quitting at 39%, the mom is describing something so deeply deeply upsetting that literally in the middle of her story I was like "I do not have to read things I don't want to read."

I just flagged this with content warnings and realized just how many more there are--this book is a walking trigger warning. Racism, physical violence, suicide attempt, child abuse... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

elizabethburgans's review against another edition

Too dark and sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarahruthsreads's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

The fastest 5 star review I’ve given all year. This book is devastating and beautiful, and I feel like I’m actually a different person after reading it. But please for the love of god read the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

ialim01's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

k8ofhearts's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

1.5

Very Trauma Porn-y

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism