Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

9 reviews

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Abrams’s writing style is engaging - I was immediately drawn into the story of this young law clerk struggling to make her way in D.C. while maintaining her integrity. She and the other characters are plausibly outlined if a bit cardboard & stereotypical for the Legal Thriller genre. The plot quickly generates too many complicated threads to follow easily though; I appreciate that the author consulted experts in the areas she covered but they  still felt a bit too convoluted (and the resolutions too easily made) to thoroughly enjoy in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Dementia, Medical content, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment, Murder, and Emotional abuse

eleasereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Death, and Gun violence

mnatale100's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Drug use, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Islamophobia, Genocide, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Cursing, and Classism

kcarney86's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Murder, Confinement, Drug use, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, Sexism, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Islamophobia, Classism, and Emotional abuse

jillianm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Torture

lisafrancine's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence

powkaye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book comes off as very conflated and confusing. You get the gist of what’s happening but we are definitely going around the side of the barn a couple of times to get there.
The protagonist is believable but makes questionable choices and some of the other characters were so paper thin I had to go back in the book to figure out who they were and why they were in the present scene.
And yet…it’s highly readable and will only take a day or so to finish being so compelling with a mystery that unfolds well paced and with a nice

Courtroom ending

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I hear the book is being fitted for a tv series so that should tell you something about the quality (good) and strength (excellent) of the writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The story was engaging, and the premise is very interesting. However, the writing seemed stilted. The language didn’t flow easily. She used some obscure words that threw me off kilter (or my vocabulary sucks).

I would definitely read more of Stacey Abrams’ thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dementia, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Stalking, Car accident, and Vomit

lorinew1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence