Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

24 reviews

beesneysbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Confinement, and Violence

bethanybreton's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Oof. A hard but necessary read. Especially as shootings become more and more of an unacceptable, horrible reality for so many. It was hard to read as an employee at a school. 

I would’ve given 4.75-5 stars for this book but I actually despised the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Car accident and Domestic abuse

sarahannmac21's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

I’m not really sure I want to rate this book. How do you put a rating on enjoyment on a book about a school shooting? 

I will say I think this book should be read by every student, teacher, principal, and parent of a child in high school. There is absolutely no reason this book should be banned. It’s crucial our students and adults in the public education world read and understand this book. 

This book made me cry and sick to my stomach. 

Side note: I didn’t not enjoy the little romantic sub plot that occurred at the 70% mark, and felt like a good 100 pages could have been edited out (they felt like filler that distracted from the story). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

ahayes1989's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

nadia_luq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death, and Miscarriage

phantomgecko's review

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

There's a lot in this novel. Because it tackles the issue from multiple perspectives, the nuance is appreciated. I could write an essay about bullying here, but suffice it to say that bullying is a problem without an easy solution, and the book really really explores that. An exchange between a lawyer and the principal really nailed it with these back-to-back (paraphrased) sentences.

Bullying is not tolerated at this school / Disciplining the bullies makes things worse

Moving on, the characters felt real. Peter was neither a monster nor a simple victim but a fleshed out teenager. His mother wasn't a perfect mother nor a failure but someone trying her best and making a lot of mistakes. Tbh, these are the only characters that I really empathized with. But that's not to say that the many other characters weren't also three dimensional.

idk, I won't read this book again, but I wouldn't deter anyone else from reading it. It's upsetting but the message is important, poignant and more realistic than other books I've read about school shootings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Miscarriage, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

jessicakarem's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide and Domestic abuse

haleybre's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

danielleafsordeh's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed a lot of aspects of this book, there was an interesting twist at the end and it definitely kept my attention. It fortunately didn't focus too much on the violence of the day until you get into the actual trial in the latter half of the book. It was more interesting than I was expecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abandonment

lizzythebookworm____'s review

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicide