Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Nattvarelser by Leila Mottley

16 reviews

hanelisil's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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🥺 Heart-wrenching and brilliantly written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Absolutely harrowing. I can't believe the sophistication and depth of Mottley's writing on a project she started when she was just 17. I can't wait to keep reading her work in the future. As for this specific work, I think it's such a testament to empathy that it should be even more widely read. Incredible debut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jadynrko2416's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking

melissa_francesca's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

samarakroeger's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I can’t believe Leila Mottley wrote this when she was 17! it’s so rare for someone that young to put out a book that shows this much promise. While I do think Nightcrawling was hindered by some hallmark traits of debuts, I will for sure be following Mottley’s literary career and reading whatever else she writes. 

a note for the weak-stomached: this book is GRIM. it is unrelenting. it is a tough read, but it would certainly be doing people a disservice if it wasn’t written this way. 

I did find the beginning harder to get into than I anticipated, but became a bit more invested in the last section of the book. The writing was a tad overwritten (not surprising for a poet and a debut novel), but beautiful on a sentence level. It just got to be a little over the top for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Abandonment

caseythereader's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail