Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

38 reviews

brookes_bookshelves's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Homophobia

burnt_milk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

 I bought this book in Heathrow coming home, and after floundering about on public transport it seemed very apt to pick this up. Mostly I quite enjoyed it!  Some writing I didn't love, as well as needless body shaming but it's very palatable, optimistic, and predictable, in a nice way. You have to go in with a suspension of disbelief about how entrenched in each other lives these people get, in the end it's a little silly but very sweet. Pooley obviously believes that literally everyone you see has a rich inner life and sees the beauty in the mundane. and I LOVE books written in multiple point of views. I liked that Iona was kind of a mess !! I would love to have a cup of train tea with her. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

han936's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

pia_h's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Body shaming, Death of parent, Homophobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Dementia, and Hate crime

imstephtacular's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Sexism, Lesbophobia, Dementia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Bullying, Vomit, and Alcoholism

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Stalking, Body shaming, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Ableism, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

brookesinfinitebooks's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Dementia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse

regenherz's review

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying and Emotional abuse

jaja_1212's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I picked up this book hoping for a heartwarming contemporary read for comfort and it was exactly that and more. I was quite pleasantly surprised how the author managed to balance just the right amount of emotional topics and moments, just the right dose of "kitsch" without overdoing it. The multiple POVs were well done, as was the pacing (sometimes reading more than 2 or 3 characters' POVs can feel like it's slowing down and dragging the story, which was not the case here). 
While I really enjoyed the characters and following their bonds forming, I would have preferred Bea's character to be more fleshed out than having a supporting character role. It seemed/felt like she was used as a bit of a device to make the Ionas character look good and to have more struggles for her character to work with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Stalking, Gaslighting, Medical content, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Hate crime

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity

mbs76's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts