Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander

6 reviews

_p0ssum_'s review against another edition

funny 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

3.0

This book was funny and very enjoyable but I found that It could of been 100 pages or under .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, and Child abuse

evaag_2796's review against another edition

Wasn’t my kind of book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, and Racism

bersblue's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Antisemitism, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Child death, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Transphobia, and Bullying

geilie's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Cannibalism, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Hate crime, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death and Bullying

nicejewishgrl's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It’s a funny story and, although fiction, allows those of us who come from religious and/or strong cultural backgrounds with huge importance on the continuation of tradition to reflect on our practices. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Vomit

lakeus's review

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexism, and Transphobia