Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

La Fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette by Stieg Larsson

10 reviews

fbc_2122's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Pedophilia, Blood, Child abuse, Trafficking, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Murder

nicoletiff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Vomit, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Trafficking, and Medical trauma

srosa037's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It lost me towards the end when it just got a bit unbelievable (literally). It was just building up for the first 2/3 of the book and then picked up towards the ending. It took me a while to finish but truthfully, it could've been a bit shorter. 

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Content Warnings

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

princesspunx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism

zosia3's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Death of parent, Vomit, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Torture, Death, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

kelsiejankowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Biphobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Emotional abuse, Outing, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Trafficking, and Grief

maera's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

ciaraw8787's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

neridan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Rape

jnn314's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I don't think this storyline was quite as compelling as the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (i.e. Men Who Hate Women (I'll never understand why the translators nixed the original titles)). However, it does speak to the perspective of a woman who has been wronged at every turn and could not count on the systems in place to properly protect her. It is a powerful revenge story that will take you on an adventure. My only gripe with it, really, is that it was a bit slow going for a while. Given that it is over 700 pages, there may have been room for some compressing of events. The ending, though, was worth it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Gore and Blood