Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

203 reviews

mandala_eyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Drug use, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Vomit, Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

sarah_83's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Self harm, Blood, Rape, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

raequinn's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Alcoholism

bookishperseus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Addiction, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Self harm, Hate crime, Medical content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Gaslighting

riannesdijkstra's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

sarah_j90's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

This book was heartbreakingly beautiful. I loved the short chapters and was really rooting for Charlie all the way through. The character stories are good but I felt like some of them seemed important and then just dwindled out. I've got the other three in the series so I'm looking forward to reading them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Violence

This book was heartbreakingly beautiful. I loved the short chapters and was really rooting for Charlie all the way through. The character stories are good but I felt like some of them seemed important and then just dwindled out. I've got the other three in the series so I'm looking forward to reading them.

francescalange's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Rape, and Suicide attempt

s3vn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed the author’s way of writing. It was easy to get immersed in the story and I found myself wanting to keep reading. There are lots of beautiful quotes/phrasings in this book and it touches on dark and serious content in a raw, empathetic way. However I wasn’t as emotionally invested as I thought I might, which is unfortunate because I really wanted to feel with the characters. Still would recommend it, but check the TW’s before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Drug use, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Violence, and Emotional abuse

anvae's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident

lilyyyy_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death