Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

42 reviews

jaydeecepticon's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault and War

audreytallulah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicide, and Dementia

hannahmager98's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

This was my first novel by Ruth Ozeki and it was so beautifully written. The plot was certainly character-driven, but every character developed in such a meaningful way. I felt everything was wrapped up well, but there was certainly a twist to a (somewhat predictable) beautiful ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Dementia, and Death of parent

roseblossom999's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and War

lambclown's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Rape

Minor: Cancer and Chronic illness

indydc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

Content warning: This book discusses suicide and other sensitive topics at length. Readers take care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Trafficking, and Toxic friendship

loesm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, and War

carol_mesq's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Dysphoria

jesssicawho's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Death

brainemptyjust's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I got quite invested in the story of Naoko, but I feel that the amount of horrifying stuff, that was happening to the characters, was too much. Besides, it was poorly done, in my opinion. The descriptions of trauma felt quite flat.
There were some good moments tho.
I did finish the book, so it was not a complete disaster. I just felt it didn’t balance well the ratio of realism to magic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt