Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

203 reviews

sehenry20's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

pagesinthesnow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Violence, and Cancer

Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Cursing, Animal death, Car accident, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, Classism, and Fatphobia

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, War, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Physical abuse

lindsayvale's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Violence, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: War and Vomit

taracloudclark's review against another edition

Just not feeling the abusive husband, enabling wife narrative. Read a book last year with that theme and don’t want to go through that again lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

scraig04018's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I wish there were more than 5 stars. I wish that my words were eloquent enough to describe just how beautiful this book is. My first book by thus author and was hooked. The characters tug at your heart. You want to hug each of them, the setting and plot is beautiful but dark and frightful. But, the community and acceptance is beautiful. I cannot say enough, this is one of my top 5 ever read and I will be reading it again to find things I've missed! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Pregnancy, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

As many trigger warnings as there are. Thus is a story of survival and finding one's voice. It's beautiful.

kwalker314's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

what a rollercoaster. like a love letter to the alaskan wildness alongside a harrowing depiction of domestic abuse. i loved the dichotomy and i can't believe how quickly 500+ pages went. i do feel like young leni was pretty unrealistic with regards to her body as a 13yo (idk any women who at 13 were "just wishing their boobs would come in" but i guess i wasn't around in the 70s to see if 13yo's acted that way back then). the love story was also a bit too close to twilight to take it as seriously as it deserved? i still got choked up at the end though!

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Animal death

srq_book_lover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

brookiet1220's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

The historical events in this novel are more of a place setting for the topics discussed. Abuse is a topic of discussion. Although readers will get frustrated with Cora forgiving Ernt on numerous occasions, it also is a fair depiction of the battle a battered girlfriend/spouse fight. Ernt’s opposition to Tom Walker’s changes to Kenaq introduces a discussion of old versus new that is generational. The topic that connects these discussions is love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

brittanyyingling's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, and Cancer

Minor: Car accident, War, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail