Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

8 reviews

kate_swarb's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

He simply loves his wife we love to see it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, War, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

enfantile's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

eva_rebolledo's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Infertility, and Sexual violence

emily_p1's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Infertility and Sexual violence

gameoftomes's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

2.5

I don’t know how to rate this book. The ending is very well done and emotional. What the author was trying to say with the book is intriguing and meaningful, but excluding the ending, I don’t think he pulled it off. Especially the lesson with the 3rd person. I do not feel that the text showcases what the author was trying to convey. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, Child death, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

clemrain's review

reflective sad slow-paced

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

The Five People You Meet in Heaven was not for me. 

Found it hard to sympathize with Eddie. I normally like characters that can be hard to root for, but Eddie didn’t fit the bill. The more people he met in heaven to explain his life, the more irritated I got with Eddie. His life goes against many of my own morals and maybe that’s why. I tried to keep an open mind and meet the books end to understand the character better but it didn’t happen.

The way this book makes you see the “good side” of abusive and shitty people is absolutely gross. What was especially out of touch was Ruby telling Eddie to forgive his father when she is a total stranger to him and his situation . His father was abusive and self righteous. This is one of the morals that contradict mine. Forgiveness isn’t necessary to move on.

Also Eddie’s mom was in the middle of being sexually assaulted and somehow his father ended up being the victim but also a good guy because he forgave the person who was doing it??

Like yeah I get message. People are complicated. However. there is absolutely a better way of showing that than what the author went with. 

The writing was simple. Nothing spectacular about it. It is interesting to read a piece of fiction by someone who primarily works in non-fiction. It really reads in the writing style. I do think this story could’ve been shorter and I’m glad it wasn’t longer.

Ending

was predictable and exactly what I thought it’d be. Does that make it bad? No. But it’s adds to the lack of memorability of this book.

I really wanted to like this book and I had expectations going into it. Maybe that contributed to my disappointment in it. 

Side note: I also did not appreciate how the little child was described at the end of the book and it turned my mood sour for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

savannahtrice's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

the writing is so incredible, i can't begin to count how many quotes i underlined.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Infertility

pmdwapo11's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I got through this book in one day. It hooks you in from the start but isn’t very satisfying to finish — it left me feeling like I was missing something.

I didn’t love how the author painted Mickey as someone who “just made a mistake” after drinking — he assaulted Eddie’s mom and we see him do it, but then it seems like it was just there to show that everyone makes mistakes?

 
The book had a lovely premise and was very thoughtful and reflective but I feel like more could’ve been done with the premise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, War, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol