Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

19 reviews

elsea_readingelsea's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

2.75

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abandonment

galactic_gigi's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent

paulrichard's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have a lot to say. Not a fan of the writing style. Or Nicks grandma and mother Eleanor.

When she was talking about Rachel not being good enough it reminded me so much of my mother.

The only normal person in that was Phillip young, nicks father. Idk just wow. I love Rachel and her mom’s relationship. I understand why she did what she did. Amazing. Kinda drawn out, like half of it was chicks talking about wealth and money and how much stuff they had. I didn’t hate Michael because he was also the only normal guy

but the way he reacted towards wealth, but come on man that was a coward move. Anything else would be better.

I mean it’s Astrid, me too man. Makes sense why Charlie is still head over heals for her, because same. And Colin was normal also. I love how genuinely tired he is (even if it’s like depression) there wasn’t really a lot of mental health issues present in it. So I’m glad we got a little of that in it. Bernard is a complete dick.  Fuck him. So overall I loved it, even though it was confusing to follow. I will not remember most of their names finishing the rest of the trilogy though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

catherineduplessis's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I'm a bit more critical because of all the hype this book gets.

It's good, not mindblowing, but good.
The story was a tad too slow for me, but the ending made it all worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Car accident, Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent

uranaishi's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation

yogomagpie's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was starting to feel fatigued with this book about halfway through. I think it was a combination of the detailed descriptions (I’m mixed on this—I enjoyed visualizing and immersing myself in the glitzy stuff but I also wanted the story to get on with it) and some of the very shallow characters. For example: Eddie. I don’t really understand the point of him being there other than to add an extra coating of crazy rich (which, again, while entertaining I just wanted the story to moooove). Once we got to the wedding everything started rolling and I couldn’t put the book down. Nick finally getting a clue and standing up for Rachel was so satisfying. I absolutely loved the last handful of pages where we learn about Kerry’s past. At first I wasn’t sure if I would continue on to the next book in the trilogy but now I’m interested to read more about what happens next, especially with Astrid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity

Minor: Antisemitism

gatorskulls's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse