Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

538 reviews

bookellys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I am just speechless! What.A.Book!

From the beautifully descriptive writing that meant I could picture the marsh, to the mixture of murder mystery, coming of age and romance - this book is something special.

I felt so investing in the characters (Jumpin’ and Mabel have a place in my heart forever), and felt genuine anxiety waiting for trial verdict to come in.

I can’t believe this sat on my #tbr for so long - if you haven’t read it yet, make it your next read, it’s got to be one of my favourite books ever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

simba524's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

jbabbm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Well, I indeed was surprised when they finally revealed the murderer. Also, give it up for my favorite simp Tate

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

charlotte_luise's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape

alixnas's review

emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiemartin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

breeinreadingland's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

crystal689's review

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Classism

ojudge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

This book was so hard for me to get through. Once I started reading, I was in a 2 month slump and just could not bring myself to finish it. It was very slow paced and hard to read - I think because of the poor English used due to the setting and time period of the book. As the book went on and the main character became more educated, it was easier to read. 

I finally got over my slump and read the last 100 pages I had left in about an hour. I really enjoyed the final chapter. This is where the book was good. I was originally going to give this book only 2 stars. However, the last 3 pages or so of the story left my mind absolutely blown. This gave me reason enough to add another star to the rating. I closed the book with the thought that “hmm, maybe this book wasn’t so bad after all.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Murder

creationwing's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.75

The story was fine, and the descriptions of nature were quiet good. I found it could be verbose at times, and, as others have pointed out, the dialogue was wasn't the strongest. While I liked the characters like Jumpin and such, the author builds tension only to accidentally deflate it too quickly and too soon. I have mixed feelings about this book. I got emotional at times, but it was lacking something that made the transition between the two (eventually coinciding) timelines choppy. The time jump in the last few chapters felt especially abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and War

Graphic depictions of domestic violence, including against children.

A (frankly unnecessary) scene involving racist hate crime and slurs.

First period Coercion of sex / dubious consent / wear her down Some injuries are described quite graphically, more than expected, at least Implied painful sexual experiences. Attempted sexual assault.