Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

8 reviews

greenclovers75's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Death, and Murder

haileyeh's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Vomit, Alcoholism, Islamophobia, and Alcohol

lyshbish's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is not your typical crime novel. There aren't any shocking twists or big breakthroughs. It's just sort of... sad. Oh, the tangled webs we weave... only some webs are more tangled than others. Every character in this book has suffered at the hands of another, and caused suffering for another in turn. Obviously, some crimes are worse than others (like... murder, lol) but I couldn't help but wonder if A didn't happen would B have happened, and so on.  I think anyone who liked "Disappearing Earth" will really enjoy this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Addiction, Drug use, and Suicide

isabelhb's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Animal death

lindsayerin's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mental illness, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

jennifer_bush_73's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, and Domestic abuse

nataliereadz's review

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Powerful. Astonishing. Staggeringly haunting. A painful, searing look into the lives of traumatized and damaged women unfortunate enough to be planets in the orbit of a broken, cold-hearted killer. 

LOVED the second person perspective as we looked through the eyes and beat through the heart of the protagonist killer on death row, counting down the days, hours and minutes while digging deep into the lives of the women he scarred along his path to the injection chair. 

The author's prose is silky, and ghost like. Total chills. Masterful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, and Animal cruelty