Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Art & Lies by Jeanette Winterson

3 reviews

steph_weigle's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Suicide, Cancer, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

lost_fairy222's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

winterkitchens's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I fear the coloured world on my neutral body
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no, i don't really know what happened in this novel.
yes, i loved it. 
it was ridiculously beautiful writing, it made some scathing commentary, it was so invested in the characters and had not a single piece of coherent plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Incest

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization