Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

203 reviews

amariereadsss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Excrement, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Abandonment, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

ugh_itsjane635's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

autumn_faith1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

tillie_millie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug use, and Body shaming

espressoreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Confinement, Violence, and Vomit

This book hits it all, but without glorifying the spiral.

eli_spur's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

emily_killeen's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Read the trigger warnings, it's a good book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

The main character is in a lot of messed up situations, and the book is also about her messed past, the book is intense. The triggers are important.

ingrid13's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Death

machireads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

happy ending? yes
mental health representation

[ this review contains spoiler ]

just a short note:
if you’re struggling with mental health, and if you think that this will trigger you, please do not read it. because it definitely will.

· one of my best reads in march. it was realistic, emotional, and heart wrenching.
· to be honest, i was crying, depressed, and broken the whole time i was reading this because there’s a lot of situations in the story that i can relate to. 
· there are just things that are kinda uncomfortable—adult/minor relationship of charlie and riley—which we should not be normalizing!
· but overall, the book is worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, and Emotional abuse