Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

4 reviews

tigerkind's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

people being human. loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, and Drug use

alicia_m_andrews's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Child death, Death, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

readingratboy's review against another edition

reflective sad 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? No

reading this book was like being forced to endure someone’s boringass family picture slideshow. then, because that wouldn’t be long enough, you watch the exact same slideshow three more times. 

i have no idea how this became popular enough to be made into a movie. the only moment in which it’s not insufferably dull is when

the THIRTEEN YEAR-OLD GHOST POSSESSES THE BODY OF A WOMAN IN ORDER TO REPEATEDLY FUCK HER CHILDHOOD CRUSH WHO IS NOW AN ADULT MAN. is he aware that he’s fucking the ghost of a thirteen-year-old girl? YES! 

that whole scene is so batshit bonkers. not only is it invalidating of the ghost rules that the book itself set, it also ruins one if the only likable characters in the process. WOULD YOU AS AN ADULT WANT TO FUCK YOUR THIRTEEN YEAR OLD CRUSH?? i should fucking hope not.

GOD this was such a shit book im losing my mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Rape

livsorlander's review against another edition

 Very gruesome, uncomfortable and triggering. I understand it was meant to bee that, but it was too much for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence