Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

82 reviews

smurphy5337's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Another lovely work by Keegan. A sad, but hopeful, incredible Christmastime story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse

miastr's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry

mimi_jaja's review

dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Child death

rworrall78's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Stunning. So vivid with such economy of language. Sheds a light on the awful abuses committed on young mothers and their babies in the name of religion but without laying it all out in great detail. It was very powerful and strongly evoked a place and time as well as a character (Bill). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

asienerbrown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse and Misogyny

sblack20's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

A quietly intense story about responsibility, empathy, and family, set against the backdrop of small town Ireland and the history of the Magdalene laundries.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Abandonment

lauraspeechly's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

adelal's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Extremely atmospheric, melancholic but hopeful at the same time. It was a perfect read for Christmas.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Vomit

annick's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The last third was so moving. I began highlighting passages. And I want to revisit them again. So many thoughts stirred by this novella. I hope to read more from this writer in future 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Confinement, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Slavery, Child abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, and Sexism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Alcohol, and Alcoholism