Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

5 reviews

giannalovesreading's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing

ricoconritmo's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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I wish I could rate each story separately. I loved Sonny's Blues and The Outing.  All were very well written, but Man-Child and Going to Meet the Man seriously disturbed me.  I wasn't prepared for that level of horror and graphic evil.  The worst part, other than the fact that the words and images are already haunting me, is that it's all so utterly believable.  The banality of evil is a real thing. God have mercy on us all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

scarletbabyy's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse

la_lily_lu_le_lo's review against another edition

4.25

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Sonny's Blues and Previous Condition are my favorites, Going To Meet The Man itself as a story may be the most disgusting thing I have ever read ~ not unintentionally of course.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

oddreads_nicolestins's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Wonderful collection. Short but heavy!

My favorites were:
The Outing
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
Come Out the Wilderness
Going to Meet the Man (destroyed me- then made me angry- then made me sick)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse