Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

12 reviews

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Child death, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Colonisation, and Death of parent

giulianalb99's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is pure suffering but I think everyone should read it. 
Unfortunately, in the times we are living in, there is a lot of racism and this book talks about it in a way that makes you suffer from start to finish. I’ve read this book in an afternoon and it is so well written but it wasn’t an easy read for all the topics it deals with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Genocide, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

andatherrin's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Slavery

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Emotional abuse

cookiecat73's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Blood, Grief, Trafficking, Animal death, and Slavery

titch's review

adventurous inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

nojerama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Loved this so much, it was a re-read for me and I definitely appreciated it more the second time around. Heartbreaking yet somehow comforting in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death of parent, Deportation, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gore, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

starcasita's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Death, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Grief, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death

literaryliaisons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Colonisation, Violence, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Slavery

ssuummeerrn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

My teacher did a very good job at picking out the books for this class because this is another one that was very good. I would never expect to read a fantasy book in college, but it totally made sense for the class and I really enjoyed it! 

It was a little confusing at first, as fantasy books usually are, but once you understand the concept of the book, what Wajinru are, and what Yetu is as a historian, it is a very unique and interesting story! 

It was a little short for me though! I wish there was more and I feel like it lacked some details. However, most of all, I feel like it ended too soon! I would have really liked to read about what Yetu did next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

samara's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War and Vomit