Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

32 reviews

justmys's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Death, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, Classism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement, Incest, Fatphobia, and Animal death

sareidle's review

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Racism, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Vomit

knkoch's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I have mixed feelings on this one. I do think that stories about the impoverished, underserved communities in the Appalachian mountains aren't told enough. The miner's union and government outreach library program plots were interesting and informative. However, there was a high misery quotient here. And the depiction of the discrimination against the white main character (who has bluish skin due to an inherited medical condition) felt overdone, as if wanting to appropriate the experience of anti-black racism. It seems like a pack horse librarian's job was plenty interesting and challenging on its own without that added element. I guess it felt like the author was building on her considerable research into 1930s Kentucky and creating a plot with more wishful thinking and

highly specious romance

than I could buy into. I thought Demon Copperhead, set during the opiod crisis, was a more nuanced depiction of Appalachian communities and the entrenched issues they grapple with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Racism

annieree's review

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

bodagirl's review against another edition

This book started out with a shocking scene of a hanging and the first chapter focus on the main character being forced into a marriage, raped, and beaten (though both aren't graphic). Seeing that and reading a little further, I flipped to the end of the book to see if it gets less horrific - and not really. And I'm not in the mood for tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Rape, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

katieem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Rape

sjurban's review against another edition

hopeful informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, and Physical abuse

samburkhouse's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal cruelty, Classism, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Terminal illness

maltballian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

I quite liked this book. Fussy was an incredible main character and I thought the book did a fantastic job outlining how hard life was when you lived in Troublesome. 

There were some pacing issues with the book (two giant things happened in just one day that really didn’t seem likely). But that was most of the issues that I had with the book. It was beautifully written otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Suicide

auntbopp's review

Trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse