Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

There There by Tommy Orange

27 reviews

riverrliam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape

felofhe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Excrement, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

5.0

God, I devoured this book. So intense, so real, so complex. If you're thinking about reading this book, just do it. An important book about Native communities and just all communities. How we've failed our neighbors on a systemic level since the inception of this country that was built on stolen land.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Pregnancy

faduma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

jennshelfishlife's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-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

4.0

There There is a powerful story that connects the stories of urban Native Americans.
The dozen or so characters all have plans to attend the Big Oakland Powwow, which is how their stories interconnect along with the shared heritage. All of their stories were quite sad and had triggers (e.g. domestic abuse, guns, substance use, abandonment). Each character expresses a range of emotions from sadness to anger to joy. Tommy Orange's work is quite brilliant and sheds light on the experiences of some indigenous people. I recommend this novel to readers that enjoy sociology, culture, and the human experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

I finished the audiobook of There There by Tommy Orange yesterday. The stories are raw. They are real. They are emotional. 

Orange tells the story of twelve (12) characters who live intertwined lives with one another. They all  attend a powwow in Oakland, California, for different reasons, though their lives are not all to different from one another. 

I was immediately drawn in to the ties and knots that connected each character together. Orange crafted the lives of each character so individualistically but also so very interconnectedly. 

I won’t make any spoilers here, but the ending truly ripped a piece of me and left me frustrated, sad, upset, and confused. These stories may be fictional, but I can only assume there is  truth behind the words that Orange wrote, sharing Native voices and stories, expanding hidden truths, and exposing unseen traumas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

kulera's review against another edition

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: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Abortion

cheesepuppy's review

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

Very powerful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Mental illness