Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

15 reviews

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Trafficking

jonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

queenfury's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

"It had never occurred to us to wonder how we would feel, being seen like that, being the spiders."

"Maybe all of us at Hailsham had little secrets like that--little private nooks created out of thin air where we could go off alone with our fears and longings. But the very fact that we had such needs would have felt wrong to us at the time--like somehow we were letting the side down."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Confinement, and Bullying

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Ableism

hayleighg's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense

• 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

Minor: Medical trauma, Infertility, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death, and Confinement

v171's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I shouldn't be surprised that this book absolutely blew me away. Ishiguro's "The Buried Giant" was my favorite read of last year. But despite this being completely different in tone, it was just as powerful and thought provoking. I couldn't help but feel like the plot was a solid contemporary fiction story in a horrific sci fi, almost dystopian setting. I've never felt such rising despondence in my heart as pieces of these students' lives are revealed bit by bit. But while, in many ways, it was heartbreaking, the story is one of friendship, forgiveness, and love. This is truly masterful storytelling from beginning to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Medical content