Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

19 reviews

discocaptain's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

beautiful BEAUTIFUL story. its poignant with its arresting vistas juxtaposed against the mundane horror of being a woman in the places that beaton worked. its stark. it doesn't pull its punches from the assault to the boredom to the anxiety that pervades the comic. its gorgeous and a story that's important to tell- i just wish it didn't happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Rape, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

uranaishi's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Excrement, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Cursing, Drug use, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Confinement, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Grief

devynreadsnovels's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Grief, Stalking, Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

TWO fade-to-black rape scenes.

bmahaffy's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A astoundingly good book. I read this in two sittings - easier, I suppose in the graphic novel format. But you have to take a bit of time because there's a rich quality to the drawings that go well beyond the words on the pages.

The book is deep - a personal journey. The journey of a family. Cultural and economic drivers. Toxic masculinity but with a little bit of compassion for people who are doing what they have to do and are twisted by the experience. The grim reality of our extractive industries and their cost not just on the environment but on people.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

te_ss_i's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Drug abuse, Racism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs

ajaggers324's review

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Bullying, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Excrement, Alcoholism, Stalking, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Drug use

borrowmybookjacket's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is my second reading of Ducks. I'm a long time fan of Beaton and the comics about her life were always interesting. It's fascinating to look into someone else's life. It's not just another world, it's their view of an entirely different world. But tragically many things are still the same 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cancer, Rape, Alcohol, Cursing, Body shaming, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

mjreadings's review

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Animal death, and Cursing

smashbooks's review

emotional slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Rape

emireads's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Addiction, and Sexism