Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

3 reviews

uhm_kai's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

cool concept

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Forced institutionalization

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Trafficking, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Gaslighting, Grief, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Sexual harassment, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cancer, Classism, Confinement, and Pedophilia

wreathedinviolets's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I got sucked into the middle of this, but the ending left me with an unsatisfied feeling and not in a good way. Compared to what I thought the book was going to be delving into, the end seemed to wrap everything up with a bow even though it wasn’t exactly happily ever after. I thought I was going to be more unsettled than I actually was. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Trafficking, Classism, and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty