Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

36 reviews

annuich's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

leahrosereads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was incredible, but very hard to read at times.  Akwaeke Emezi is a fantastic storyteller who was able to create an amazing, emotional, whimsical story that was so very dark and heartbreaking, but with a message that was so very optimistic.  What a masterpiece!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

noellerose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was great! I loved the themes and plot of it. I wasn't quite sure what the 'angels' were and the 'monsters'. Though that became very apparent at the ending. I thought it was a beautiful story about friendship and helping each other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

that_bookworm_guy's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5*

I struggled to rate this as either a 3 or 4, so I went for the middle.

Pet is a short book at just over 200 pages. I originally found it when searching for middle grade books with LGBT+ characters, but this is definitely not MG. It’s YA, but minus the swearing and the overall theme, kinda reads like MG.

It’s a fairly quick read and the story’s pace is fairly quick. I did enjoy the story overall, but I just would have loved for it to be a bit longer and maybe include more world building. The concept is very interesting but isn’t really developed further than finding the monster in Redemption’s house

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

podanotherjessi's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

I really wanted to like this, but I just couldn't get into it. Everything was so wrapped in metaphor that it lost any emotional impact for me. The message was a nice one, and I could see it being good for a younger audience, but it was so abstract. It just didn't hit me quite right.

Characters: 6
Plot: 8
Setting: 6
General appeal: 5
Writing style: 5
Originality: 10
Ending: 6

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

futureofmydays's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape