Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

142 reviews

rachaelwrites818's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Child death, and Drug abuse

ivbluu's review against another edition

straight up trauma porn. this book needs pretty much every trigger warning you can think of and it is not subtle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

ninadickens's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Abortion, and Death of parent

cbeghuin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Racism, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia

chloeam3103's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book broke me. And I would let it break me again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

a_dot_phil's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Absolutely not. How is this book rated so high? Trauma after trauma with every single trigger warning imaginable.  I started skimming after

the cat and kitten chapter bc what the actual fvck. The animal abuse added absolutely nothing to the plot.

I have no idea what the message or purpose of this books was, and I regret finishing it.  Two stars because of Landon and some of the Cherokee messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

apotofhoney's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

charrrchar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying

fleabag_reader95's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? N/A

4.75

Please check trigger warnings before you read this book. I went in blind and it was an emotional rollercoaster and then some. 

The motifs of nature and culture were woven really beautifully throughout this story. Gut wrenching writing about racism, classism and what it is to be a girl/woman and the adversities and violence they face. A magnificent coming-of-age story with superb writing and character.

I have seen other people say that the book comes across as pretentious and unlike things a young girl would say. However, I would politely disagree with this. I feel that discredits the emotional intelligence and intellect that children can have, although they are young. The wisdom that Betty expresses throughout the novel perfectly mirrors the wisdom of which her father bestowed upon her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death and Classism

lizziaha's review against another edition

sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Wow this one hurt. I relate a lot to Betty and her dad is the most lovely character. The writing was beautiful and I feel like McDaniels was able to take those heavy heavy topics and weave a tragically honest story around them. What I didn’t realize when I started the book was that this was a story about women and how the world beats down on us for all our lives. And how we all fight back in our own ways. The way that McDaniels dipped into that well of sadness again and again made this book an emotional read for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, and Pregnancy