Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

25 reviews

raynaaskiverr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

dhritigupta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

it took me a bit to get through this, but i still liked it! i felt like i was too dumb to fully understand the stories a lot of the time, but many of them still stuck with me! the writing was beautiful the whole way through, but some stories i wanted to know what was going on a bit more!! my faves were mothers, inventory, real women have bodies and eight bites. however, even with the ones i didn’t get as much, i’m still thinking about them, bc they grow on you by the time you finish the story. like with especially heinous and the resident i’m still thinking about the perfect eeriness, even if i didn’t love them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, Gore, Animal death, Murder, Body shaming, Body horror, Fatphobia, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

taleofabibliophile's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Drug use, Gaslighting, Self harm, Animal death, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

jbogerhawkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ellenigrace's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Self harm, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Gore, Grief, and Homophobia