Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

53 reviews

deepfriedaries's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

sarah984's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a beautiful but difficult read about one family on two continents grappling with the legacy of slavery and colonialism. Each chapter was told from the point of view of one individual, moving forward in time but still linking back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Excrement, and Vomit

loraora's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

• 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: Addiction, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Infertility