Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

6 reviews

pabi's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, and Domestic abuse

viacrow's review

challenging dark fast-paced

5.0

olivia manages to encapsulate every fear and desire and insecurity and experience i’ve ever had and turn it into art. this body of work makes me feel safe in a world where i am not 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexism

melissa_francesca's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

raccoonbirb_'s review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Violence

augustinecarmichael's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

i think it’s written very well, and the subject matter is interesting, it’s just that it hits too close to home, and i am the wrong type of reader for it. i don’t like books that remind me to be scared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Domestic abuse

jainnyreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

1.5

I can see why people love this collection, but I honestly got about a quarter of the way through and hate-read it until the end. The only poem I genuinely enjoyed was “Ode to My Bitch Face,” which is what brought it up that extra .5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence