Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Een klein leven by Hanya Yanagihara

1960 reviews

sapphoxes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

As sad and traumatic as everyone says it is. Can ramble on at times, but not in a way that’s detrimental to the book. The kind of story where you’ll have to put it down and take breaks. It was described to me as an essential gay read, but I didn’t see it that way. 

The story, to me, was largely about abuse and how it can bleed out from what happens to one person throughout their life and into the lives of the people around them; how it can spread. Yes, I believe abuse to be a part of the queer community in a way that historically it is not in the straight community (speaking as a queer woman), but I do not think of abuse as the sole most important aspect of queerness or even queer history. This is all to say that yes, the characters are queer, and yes, abuse is prevalent,  but a story about queer people being abused does not automatically define it as a book about queerness. If anything, I found it to be more about the abuse of the disabled, be that mentally or physically, and how abuse in childhood will inevitably follow a person into not just their adult life but the lives of everyone they keep close. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Ableism, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Gore, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Drug use, Rape, Child death, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Confinement, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Be careful while reading. Take breaks.

nrougely's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

Im devastated and grateful to have read it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic friendship, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

hannah_go03's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

iiheartmariah's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Car accident, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Addiction, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, and Self harm

missmethven's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse, Child death, Drug use, and Vomit

biddymesschaert's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the most compelling, beautifully written, intense books I've read in a long time. I cried many times, both because of the goodness and the incredibly bad things. Maybe I loved it most because it's the most beautiful story about true friendship and the immense love friends can have for each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Eating disorder

nicoleheims's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

One of the most devastating, beautiful, complicated story of what it is to be human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

dominika_benmichael's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Torture, Suicide, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Death, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Self harm, Car accident, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

sage_3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

i tried so hard to not read this book. to never pick it up. i couldnt :). and now after finishing it i feel so empty from inside. i cried a lot while reading the last 3 chapters. i cried at the ending of it. and now i wanna cry again at the thought that i cant read more of it because i finished it but there are no more tears left in me. i would be sobbing on the floor right now if i could get my tears to form. but alas. i cant in good conscience recommend this to anyone because i think no one should ever read this book. if you decide to read it still just know that when people were telling you it’s heavy and were crying on the internet because of it, it wasnt a marketing strategy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Vomit, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Torture, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Trafficking

i beg you dont try reading this. if you do please proceed with extreme caution

cabooklvr4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Suicide