Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

131 reviews

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Infertility, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Violence

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Child death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

nexusatticus's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

Save you're time and money

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Violence, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Murder, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Fatphobia

Minor: Confinement

giana14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship

ellab3r's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism, Child death, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

kelegrace's review against another edition

dark 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: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Death of parent

hmbrokaw's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

As a therapist, I wasn’t planning on reading about substance use in my off time. They connections and interweaving are brilliant though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Infertility

nehaslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book took me on a journey! It was fascinating the whole way through. I love how effortless it felt to read and understand, how the events unfolded and were narrated by the three females' whose perspectives we view them from. I love how it shows how different things seem to others. I also find it amazing how they meshes together, and how the true events are revealed piece by piece.

I do wish, however, that we found out what happened to Scott and Kamal at the end, as the only thing that we are told is that the houses are left empty and we never hear of Kamal after his and Megan's last meeting, where she told him that she was going to tell Tom about the baby. I think it was okay to leave it out, but it would've provided a bit of closure and stopped the reader from wondering what happened to them, as well as Anna, Evie, and other characters, however, I think this is just a personal preference of mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Violence, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic relationship, Racism, Death, Addiction, Blood, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Stalking

pumpkinbun's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit and Child death

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

greymalkin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

A nicely created mystery story, with a hot mess unreliable narrator of a protagonist.  I enjoyed trying to figure out what was going on based on the information filtered through Rachel's PoV.  There was enough there for me to create a few different theories as I was reading.

The ending/"what really happened" was pretty clear to me by about 2/3rds in, but by then I was invested in Rachel figuring it out and seeing what she would do with that information, so it was still a compelling read to the end.  

If I have to quibble, I wonder how Rachel does not have serious brain damage from the multiple head traumas throughout the book.  Did no one put the girl in an MRI? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual violence