Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

7 reviews

poenaestante's review

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was weird but a total page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Incest, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Classism and Infidelity

rachaelwho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Sad, abject, revolting, surprising, funny, hopeful, tender, heartbreaking. This book was so fucking weird and so very Miranda July and I really loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence and Pregnancy

fieldofhats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Read for Fiction Writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

lexigrce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

2.5

thought it couldn’t get weirder and then it did again and again and again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Violence

lilmor's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-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

one of my best friends, a deeply enigmatic middle-aged woman named Aura, emphatically recommended and lent me this book. in retrospect it is exactly the type of thing she would recommend. almost didn’t finish multiple times, powered thru 4 her. experiencing a lot of complex emotions rn; disgust, pity,  tenderness feature prominently. i cannot recommend this book and i cannot give it a star rating. miranda july is a talented writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Violence, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gore, Bullying, Child death, Toxic relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

kamuffel's review

challenging funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A great read. Totally absurd. Feels like diving into somebody else's mind and discovering a complete different universe - is this how others think and see the world? Weirdly relatable even though it shouldn't be to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship