Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

127 reviews

jewlzruwe's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, and Sexual violence

taliaalongi's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, and Addiction

abigailwleung's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

bookshelf_al's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Confinement

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Adult/minor relationship

saracatalyst's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Cancer, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

sofipitch's review against another edition

reflective 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

4.75

One of my new favorite diaspora stories. Cuban American stories always feel deeply personal, I didn't grow up around other Cuban Americans so it always feels like I'm the only one. But these books always capture the divisions between family due to shared history and then Cuban history that feels so unique 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Racism

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

chesesie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

ameliabee33's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.25

This was an emotional book to listen to. It is a tough read but an important one as well. "Of Women and Salt" talks about topics such as addiction, domestic abuse, immigration, and the struggles of the women in this specific family. 
The ending was sad, which was to be expected, but also a bit hopeful. I'm not sure what to feel about it. I wished I could have gotten more chapters from Carmen and more from Jeanette. 
The writing is very poetic and I found out the author loves poetry and creating poems, so that makes sense. The conversation at the end of the audiobook with Roxanne Gay is super worthwhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

_poppy_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is forceful, tender, kind and unforgiving. Maria‘s use of language is so descriptive and clever that the manages to paint vivid emotional landscapes with such ease that this book slips through your fingers and straight into your heart. 
I‘ve never read anything of hers before, but she‘s clearly a gifted poet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Addiction