Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

1190 reviews

fibuzz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Happy to say this one lived up to the hype!
Such beautiful writing and my heart broke a million times over for Kya who overcame adversity with such grace. I was so invested in this memorable cast of characters. Quite sad to be leaving them behind.
Almost too scared to watch the film now. Please don’t ruin it 🙏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

gaila's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

I went into this novel open-minded, really wanting to understand the hype.

There's two books in one - the love declaration to the marsh, its ecosystem and the creatures within in, which is entirely worth the read.

And the mystery novel which is awkward, bumbling and a bit overdone (they spend the whole defense showing her as incapable of doing a james bond mission but in the end, surprise that's actually totally what happened because of... marsh powers ??? I guess ???).

I was disappointed by the ending and the surprise twist which didn't feel necessary. 
Overall very unequal but poetic and mesmerizing nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

jess1ca07's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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? No

5.0

i never wanted this book to end and cried when it did. beautifully written and described nature ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

eliasliina's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

Found it slow to start but as I neared the end I couldn't put it down. Very tragic and lonely but there are glimpses of joy that shine through. Felt very real, not really a murder mystery, more like an interesting biography.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

ashleyj_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-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

Kya is a STRONG human being with and incredible talent and accompanying intelligence. This is a beautiful love letter to nature (both wild and human). 

Destroy the evidence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

jjcc's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, and Classism

liliandaisy's review against another edition

Check the content warnings… I actually  nearly made it to the end but it really brought me down. Shame because it had so much potential, if only it hadn’t been so dark. This is not a book of hope, not to me. It just shows all negative aspects of humanity, not really what I needed in this time :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Self harm

dmathanas's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

What holds this back for me is that I struggled with the small-town ignorance of some of the characters during the investigation of who killed Chase Andrews. Regardless of how it ultimately ends, the fact that there were so many holes and overlooked points made it feel like a less comedic "My Cousin Vinny" at some points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism

ritakoppter's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent

joanna_banana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This starts veeeeeerrryyyy slowly and really doesn’t get going until the last third. I enjoyed the ecological details and character development to a point - it was overly detailed. I felt the stereotypes were lazy: prejudice against Kya, Jumpin’ and his wife, the sheriff, the jock, the white villagers, etc. I also found it predictable. I’m surprised it was so popular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Classism