Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura

9 reviews

biobeetle's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

kellkie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

pkatrinaanne's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

meganlamming's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book. It found it like an adult “choose your own adventure” with some really dark themes about what it means to be human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

marukatie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Despite reading other reviews, I found My Annihilation to be an extremely interesting written noir. I enjoyed how everything came together as you got further into the book and picked up on earlier themes which help you realize the different perspectives and how perverse the main character is. You get a semi-deep dive into a person psychology and they try to psychoanalysis themselves, and have you as the reader, rethinking everything you have just read, but you soon realize that is the whole point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

erinbirnel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Death, and Domestic abuse

kibernick's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The first third of the book gripped me. The rest was a little messy. Maybe that’s the point. Very transgressive but I didn’t feel it was impactful or added much to the story, guess it’s because when you throw so much at the reader at once, they become desensitized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Addiction, Vomit, Self harm, Medical content, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, and Child abuse

ireneac's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma