Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

46 reviews

scruffie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

I didn't know I'd like it so much when I first picked it up. Loved every bit of it. 5 stars from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Blood

lexyo0o's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

the kind of book i wanted to devour in one go. the kind of writing you want imprinted on ur brain forever so it’s sticks with you everywhere you go 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

davidrb's review

challenging 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

5.0

Just as good as you've heard if not better. This one will be a future classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence

minkler's review

inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Racism, and Transphobia

c_l's review

adventurous emotional fast-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

With most books like this, I find the last few chapters (the end) feels rushed and abbreviated. Last fifth of this book was so well arranged. The emotional sensation of the story and characters are slowly built and stacked, in a way you don't notice it's really happening through the text. And then at the end you get to walk into this completed structure, neatly designed and powerful, but not overwhelming.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Physical abuse

ellenwilberg's review

challenging emotional informative reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

hannahr's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Transphobia

talkbookswithangela's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Physical abuse

emilybrown97's review

emotional inspiring sad tense 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

4.5

This book was phenomenal! The way Bennett seamlessly switched between characters and time periods was immaculate. The writing style made me want to study it in university (if I was still there) it was so good. 

Read this book! If you like fiction and family dynamics  and just about anything, read this book! 

I listened to this on audiobook via Libro.fm and it was such a good one to listen to, especially with the different POVs. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Racial slurs

papercraftalex's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

I really disliked the way the trans character was written. I also found issues with pacing and the time jumps were confusing and the ending was unsatisfying, but my overall issue is that the author really didn't handle the queer characters with care at all. It had some really good parts and is good for reflection on colorism and the idea of passing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia