Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

76 reviews

charisw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This isn’t a bad book, but it’s not my cup of tea. The whole book felt so heavy for me. The main character’s complete and utter lack of agency and control, while an important theme in the novel, was really triggering for me. I hated reading it, honestly, because it felt so heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Infertility, Misogyny, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Classism, Sexism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gore, and Sexual assault

nreyno's review

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

applekettle's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Domestic abuse

lorenag5's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

muchthatisfair's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Murder

kamrynkoble's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. I’m amazed. This book was well worth the long library hold and keeping my kindle on airplane mode.

The prose was gorgeous. I ADORE this author’s writing style. I highlighted several passages just for being beautiful. She has a unique way of describing the commonplace in a way that truly elevates it to something important. 

Lucrezia is so, fiercely endearing to me. I LOVE her. I was aching for her quite literally the entire book. 

I don’t want to spoil anything about the ending but it was simultaneously so sad and so satisfying. Perfectly handled. 

I also really appreciated the author’s note on why she made certain changes. I’m a huge fan of books about real people, but they’re so hard to do right. This was handled perfectly. The author was brave enough to make narrative choices and breathe life into a real person, making for a captivating read. Although, it was super hard for me not to turn to Wikipedia over and over again, LOL. 

If you love the story of Anastasia Romanov, I think you would like this one. Gorgeous, beautiful, perfection. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Animal death

bunnyreads2's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A very immersive and thrilling historical fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Domestic abuse

bookycnidaria's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

nialiversuch's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Infertility

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, and Medical content

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: War, Animal death, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Blood