Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

99 reviews

jjjjo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Abortion, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

shinjikostka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Bullying, and Self harm

thetearex's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Suicide

gwarren's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The perks of being a wallflower is one of those books that's stayed with me since the first time I read it. Having re-read countless times in my teens, I can see now, as a mid-to-late-twenties person, why it resonated with me so much (and still does). Charlie is someone who I connect with on a very emotional level, both with how he looks at like and his mental health issues, Sam with her emotional baggage but wisdom beyond her years, and Patrick, who's lightheartedness and love of humour fills the pages with much needed lightness. As the years roll on and I get older, I will keep coming back to this story. And I will continue to recommend it to my students, my family and my friends throughout my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Bullying, Homophobia, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

ace_stat's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Addiction, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Eating disorder, Medical content, Pregnancy, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Racism, Vomit, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

trybngr8tv007's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Drug abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug use, Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Violence

shannay_05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Body shaming, Car accident, and Death

alicia182's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Grief, and Emotional abuse

teaskate's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

so so sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Outing, Racism, Abortion, Car accident, Suicide, Addiction, and Child abuse