Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

26 reviews

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

candaaaace's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Rape

migalu23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a cleverly told thriller, excellent pacing and the narrative structure was perfect for audiobook... but I found some of the characterisations extremely troubling.

I couldn't get past the framing of a paedophile as an unwitting victim, and the author seemed to let this character off the hook in the effort to convince the reader that the main antagonist was an evil sociopath. Similarly, the open ending was an interesting twist but it came at the cost of hinting towards harmful stereotypes about people with cognitive disabilities. And that's not to mention the portrayal of addiction...

Overall, a frustrating read/listen but admittedly one I had to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Toxic friendship, and Violence

aliciavalenski's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

megan2403's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Ableism

anissawren's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Infidelity

thesetofu's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Ableism

ohyeahshebomb's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

the only time that gaslighting is okay (me, I have been gaslit)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Pedophilia, Violence, Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Excrement, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, and Sexual assault

beepbeep101's review

I'm honestly not sure if I can do psychological thrillers anymore.  I enjoyed The Girl on the Train years ago, but I'm not sure if I would now.  This premise intrigued me, and I wanted to know what happened with these characters.  But overall, the book's attitude toward autism and the portrayal of it started to feel icky, and then it started to feel reallllly gross regarding sexual assault, not taking trauma from that seriously, and the possibility of lying about sexual assault to defame someone.  So I said nope, and moved on to the next book on my tbr list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic