Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

9 reviews

courtneymacal's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Medical content, Racism, Torture, Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and War

aksmaestri's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deportation, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Genocide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Mental illness

juanat77's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Torture, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

craftyanty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Death, Torture, Genocide, Grief, Child death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Violence

jendurance18's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Racism, War, and Physical abuse

surlamer7803's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I often struggle with this material and tend to shy away from books and movies that deal with it. My dad is the same - he read this and immediately bought me a copy and I asked him “will I be able to get through it” and he said “yes - it’s hard in the beginning but it is so worth it” and he was absolutely right. While the author didn’t shy away from the darkness of this period in human history he managed to tell this story in a way that was beautiful and poignant and engaging. I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone with a heartbeat. He weaves the tale of 4 characters and their seperatw but always linked journeys and does some such a unique  perspective. His narration is engrossing and at his heart and at the heart of this book is a good story told in a loving and beautiful way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Antisemitism

fieryrogue's review

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Genocide, War, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

cc_shelflove's review

dark hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love when a work of fiction helps me learn something new. This was my first time reading a book set during the Holocaust. I was unaware Greece had been invaded by Nazis. Thousands of Jews were deported by train from Salonika, Greece to Auschwitz, where they were faced with certain death. Albom does his best to expose to the reader the true terrors that occurred. 16 pages into the book, a baby was thrown from the window of a train. I wish I were kidding! I used to stay away from historical fiction, and I have no idea why. These are now some of my favorite books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, War, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Antisemitism

reading_ladies_blog's review

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, Antisemitism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Torture