Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

141 reviews

lenareads75's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

kate_has_book_thoughts's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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: Sexual content, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Racism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, Slavery, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

Minor: Mental illness, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Drug use

poirot's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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: Police brutality, Racism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Sexual violence, Incest, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Rape, Pedophilia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and War

foreveralicexox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

stefaniacg's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is so good that I wish we had different options to answer the questions.

"Is this book mainly plot- or character-driven?" Character, character, character. No wait, there's also quite a lot of plot. So a mix. But it's not that it doesn't focus on any of the two, it's that it really focus on both.
"Is there strong character development?" Hell yes.
"Are the flaws of the main character(s) a main focus of the book?" The flaws of all characters and of all humankind are a main focus of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, and Racism

ryankaybee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Incest, Classism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Racism

jenbosen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Death, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Racism, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

sydneylneel's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

luisaanjos's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Um livro assombroso com final feliz

Comprei esse livro no início de 2020 e, até aqui, tentei tantas vezes lê-lo sem sucesso, mas com a chegada de 2023 eu decidi que desse ano não passava. e de fato, na segunda semana de janeiro, (re)descobri a potência dessas páginas, através de curtas epístolas que aos poucos foram me puxando pelos braços. tive boas experiências com romances epistolares, e esse não foi uma exceção. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Incest

poeticallysleepy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia