Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum

4 reviews

felicityebhaslin's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Medical trauma, Grief, Drug use, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Cursing, and Confinement

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Cancer, and Excrement

Minor: Self harm

indydc's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Adult/minor relationship

jenna_smuszkiewicz's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? No

4.25

I had to read this book for my Intro to Disability Studies class. I'm glad I did because I likely would not have picked it up otherwise! This follows a cast of people that rarely get to tell their stories, young disabled people left in nursing homes. The author is disabled as well and she talks about how her involvement in activism inspired her to write this. 

I loved how each character had their own distinct voice. With the type of grammar and spelling used, each character was distinct. It took me a while to learn all of them but I did enjoy the array of characters. We see disabled rep we don't normally see such as disabled characters in romantic relationships and/or having sex. 

This book had a strong theme of discussing independence or autonomy for disabled people as well as whether individual actions or the system should be blamed for harm. I really appreciated the discourse and it gave me something to reflect on. Individuals can have responsibility but no lasting change will be made without fighting the system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

flordemaga's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Transphobia