Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Dominicana by Angie Cruz

29 reviews

notjillsanders's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A heavy but rewarding read. Surprisingly quick, and if you can get past the lack of quotation marks (seriously Angie Cruz, why), it offers a fantastic, sad, beautiful, honest look into the lives of Dominicanas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content

heartsfromella's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Racism

joelleen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

I had a really hard time getting through this story. I appreciate that it is based on real experiences and learned a lot but it was a hard read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Gun violence, Death, Confinement, Child death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, War, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

mxpringle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

becks_books's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Ana is just one of those characters you want to hug, she has so much hope and warmth to her despite the unthinkable position she's put in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity and War

valealvarez's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? It's complicated

3.25

Good representation of an immigrant experience, different but fun format, writing for some aspects of the story were not as appealing as others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

fitsntricks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

criverareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism

bouebooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

sofiaxaguilar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship