Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Geisterwand by Sarah Moss

47 reviews

pollyflorence's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

carleneb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

3.75

This is a challenging story of a girl trying to cope with life living under an abusive father's roof. A father obsessed with living in the iron age and the brutality it afforded him.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

selfiedt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

women's suffering deserves to be written about. that said, i do not want to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

iridium's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

thoroughlyenjoyedbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

megansreads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.0

I feel like I struggled to understand what this book was trying to convey. Also, just as a format thing, the dialogue was rather confusing since there weren't always paragraph breaks and there was no use of quotation marks. I found myself reading a paragraph a few times trying to figure out who said what.

Overall, it was an unsettling story with a lot of themes revolving around abuse and misogyny. The ending left me a bit bewildered. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

sandyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Well written exploration of history, experimental archaeology, sexism, abuse, and class differences. I enjoyed the story and the descriptions very much, but the ending was abrupt and left me frustrated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Emotional abuse