Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

30 reviews

toni_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

headachesince03's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Torture, Grief, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Confinement, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Body horror, Misogyny, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders

kirsty_irwin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

chiarasshi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Genocide, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, and War

jjpope's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Dementia, Torture, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Kidnapping

teri_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

Second read, I still find Dolores Umbridge the scariest character within Harry Potter, and again, i was glad to finally see her gone.

Growing up and coming of age and seeing more into the complicated world of the adults is so very well depicted within the story told. 

And the characters are beautifully shady, not one is only good or only bad. 

I have been flying through the 800 pages of this book on audiobook. I felt I was living, breathing, moving on with Hermione, Harry and Ron through this book. And what a tale it tells. So many moments to savour. I specially loved the ongoing discussion on death, dying, loss and grief. It is superbly done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Physical abuse

rini's review against another edition

adventurous dark

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

Minor: Sexual violence

nxclx's review

medium-paced

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

3.0

It's a Harry Potter book. It's okay, in my opinion, I liked the second half more where the stakes are higher. The series does get better as it goes on, but I overall still don't like the series as books. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

brookey8888's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I do not support JKR 
Dumbledore is so annoying 

It’s Harry Potter it’s great obviously!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, and Death

elenamarmiroli's review

adventurous dark 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? N/A

3.5

Francamente mi aspettavo di più dalla rilettura di quest'opera, ma rileggerla dopo anni, con io che nel mentre sono cresciuta, ne mette in luce alcuni difetti, tra cui soprattutto tutta la spiegazione finale orale da parte di Silente e la mancanza di conseguenze negative per gli antagonisti dell'opera, che rende il tutto più attenuato.

Mi sarebbe infatti piaciuto vedere serie conseguenze soprattutto per il personaggio della

Umbridge, considerandone la natura e le sue azioni, ma soprattutto a causa del suo abuso di potere. Invece, non viene menzionato all'interno del libro nessun serio provvedimento nei suoi confronti. Ciò riguarda anche la figura del primo ministro e della Gazzetta del Profeta, ma trovo tutto ciò più credibile ed ammissibile.

In più, sempre riguardo il finale, si nota che Harry sta avendo

difficoltà psicologiche legate agli avvenimenti appena conclusi. Mi sarebbe piaciuto vedere anche quest'ultime meglio affrontate, anzi che illustrarne solamente gli effetti sul protagonista.

Un altra cosa che l'autrice persiste ad affrontare senza commenti da parte di figure adulte, o serie conseguenze, è il continuo bullismo che Harry riceve da parte

del professor Piton, già dai volumi precedenti, e poi, in questo, anche dalla Umbridge

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Il resto dell'opera è abbastanza buono, senza essere però mai fenomenale. 
La cosa meglio riuscita di quest'opera a mio parere è il personaggio della Umbridge e la rappresentazione del suo carattere, tramite il suo modo di agire, seguita poi dalla rappresentazione dell'adolescenza dei tre protagonisti e i problemi che ne conseguono.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Torture