Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Jumalat juhlivat öisin by Donna Tartt

262 reviews

mekiah's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest and Emotional abuse

colittle's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Richard failing to remember certain key details near the end of the story when he’s recalled everything else in vivid detail seems more like a cop-out than an intentional literary decision. Other than that, 5 stars. The seminal dark academia novel and an often satirical examination of class, elitism, and aestheticism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Classism, Gaslighting, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Outing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest

takarakei's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.25

I give this book props for being the OG Dark Academia (which is why I read it), but personally I am more interested in more recent additions to that genre. That being said I can respect it for the influence this book has had. I like that the subgenre has moved into a place of critiquing elitist academia in a not so subtle way (I feel that any critique of academia in this was too vague to be taken seriously).
I definitely feel like it could have ~100 pages of monotony edited out, or those parts should have been replaced by more time with Julian in the classroom / explaining the catalyst of what they were studying influencing the original group (and why they were in the woods...)
I found it interesting to think about the moral quandary of Bunny being a supremely unlikeable character and how we as readers can empathize with the desire to get rid of him from the other character's POV. All the characters are disastrously flawed and the only one I actually feel bad for in the end is Camilla. If you can stand to read about pretentious flawed horrible characters who are continually awful to each other then I guess it's an interesting character study book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug use, Misogyny, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Incest, and Racism

Minor: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Rape

sadiaa's review against another edition

dark

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

evasophias's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

so good BUT she did not have to be 500+ pages long, it draaaaags in the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

darkty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

I HATED AND DISPASED THAT BOOK SO MUCH.  Like just look in the content warnings...

TWIN INCEST WHAT IS THAT SHIT BRO YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY

 like bro! But I have to confess, I coud not put it down...sadly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Blood, Incest, and Misogyny

felofhe's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Incest, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

book_slay's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

dennyiii's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Addiction, Antisemitism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Classism, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual content

lilawsahar's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I can’t give it less than 4 stars even though it’s slow to get to the excitement. 

I think the only true sane person was Bunny.

The only person who reacted in the correct manner. I would also be acting weirdly if my friends killed someone with no remorse. He seemed to be cruel but also he was correct: the twins were sleeping together, Charles did drink too much, Francis was gay, Richard was a liar, and Henry was supposed to be his best friend. He was being cruel and callous with his snide remarks but it was due to him being replaced by another person who had no problem with the others faults. It was sad that because Bunny was not grounded in their secret world that he had to go. Kind of like the tale by Socrates’s allegory of the cave.

I want to read more dark academia. Hopefully they aren’t all this slow. I loved the epilogue. 

I don’t know what Camilla saw in Henry. Why were they in love?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Addiction, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Incest