Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

150 reviews

joanne_nel's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, War

jackierobinson's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

burchama's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Initially I thought I was going to like it more than I did, then it just seemed to start dragging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

lizzyzo's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

sgklrain's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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

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A wonderful cast of women (and men) that illustrate the 1950’s more accurately than the whitewashed age of nostalgic greatness that the era  is so often depicted as. It’s a different writing approach than Kate Quinn normally takes with multiple narrators though divided up by chapter so it works fantastically. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

amandaisbooked's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

dkamada's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

pennyrae65's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Classism

khackett411's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism

allisonpicksbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense 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

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Prompt 25 - a book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee - June 7, 2025 - This book is a genre cross of historical fiction and murder mystery. Each chapter follows one of the members of the Briar Club, a few of which are immigrants and refugees, telling their life stories and how they came to be at the Briarwood House the night of a murder. It takes place in Washington DC in the 1950s during the early days of the Cold War. It is captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, War

Minor: Body shaming