Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Human Acts by Han Kang

158 reviews

mikitiale's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

---

Han Kang deserves that Nobel Literature Prize. I went into this books thinking it was historical fiction only to be hit like a truck by the epilogue. This must have been a very difficult book to write but so important all the same. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Alcohol

frogggirl2's review against another edition

4.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

This subject matter is only awful throughout - the book is unrelenting in it's bleakness and violence.  Because it reads as distant from the narrators it never absorbed me in the narratives. It feels important but not personal.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

whatannikareads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

this will weigh heavily on my heart for a very long time 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

ladyskoug's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

gabriellegoldenhour's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

---

Gut wrenching. But stories that need to be told. I liked how it was written chapter-wise, some moments were a little choppy? but chalk that up to translation as well. However, it wasn’t enough to leave me confused and out of the plot. Heavy subject matter but an incredible read. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

marireadsbooks's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, War

angrangy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

---

Super heftig, aber sehr wichtiges Buch. Ich hätte mir Content Notes gewünscht, weil ich schon auf die Brutalität, auf die Gewalt und bildliche Beschreibungen nicht vorbereitet war. Aber sanftere Beschreibungen hätten diese Gräuel nicht verdient. Brutal, aber sehr respektvoll den Opfern der Niederschlagung des Gwangju- Aufstandes gegenüber geschrieben.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide

maren_218's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, Murder

Moderate: Excrement

m_emma_'s review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality

Minor: Suicide

jesslinkletter's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

I have waited years to read this book because up until Han Kang won the Nobel prize, stores and libraries near me didn't have her books. Honestly, this book was worth the wait because it was incredible. I think especially in the current political climate of North America, this was a moving read to see how students in the past rose up against unjust leadership in Korea. It was heartbreaking to learn little bits and pieces of our main character, Dong-ho, through all the people whose lives he briefly or deeply touched. Han Kang really brilliantly crafted this story.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail