Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

26 reviews

insidious_toxins's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Child death, and Mental illness

haorey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

2.25

Une fin décevante et pas nécessaire.

Le fait que la mère ait inventé sa maladie m'a déçu. Il y a déjà si peu de représentations du handicap (hors les méchants et/ou gens dangereux) dans les livres, c'est pas pour que les seules qu'on ait soient des fausses au final...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Confinement

Moderate: Mental illness, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

nina17's review

fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcoholism

meleac07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Chronic illness

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Grief and Mental illness

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Confinement

lovelyannalee's review

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

Absolutely loving that

the only Asian character in this novel is a psychopathic child abuser, as if the overbearing mom isn’t a racist caricature of Asian mothers.

  I’m also so sick and tired of these coming-of-age teen novels that romanticize abuse, illness, and sex. 

Maddy is also the very definition of a manic pixie dream girl who loves classic literature, has the perfect punchline to any joke, is willing to die for a boy she just met, and is adored by everyone she meets.  She’s boring!!  She’s literally every girl I’ve ever read in every high school romance novel. 

Olly’s obnoxious and really weird and I don’t see how he’s supposed to be attractive to any human being at all?? 

Whatever.  The novel wasn’t the worst thing I read, but it also wasn’t the best.  I hate these trends of teenagers dying (maybe?) of random diseases and waxing poetic (kind of) and using cheap emotional manipulation tactics to elicit a reaction that makes readers think they actually liked the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

annikac6's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

paperback_moon's review

emotional lighthearted sad 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

4.0

I'm actually glad I guessed the twist in this book! I was really concerned it was going to end with Maddy's death, so when it didn't (even if I guessed how) I was really quite pleased. 
Although the concept for the plot doesn't seem particularly ground-breaking, Yoon invites a lot of emotion into the novel, especially through her use of drawings and pictures. This, coupled with the short chapters, made this book easy to read. Sometimes this can be a bit quick to take in everything, but in this case it just made you feel in line with the characters (especially Maddy) as they journeyed through the book.
I did feel like there were a couple of things unexplained that I'd want answers to. Why is Olly so obsessed with climbing? Did something happen? Why doesn't Carla mention her concerns earlier? Why does Maddy love reading? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Child death, and Death of parent

iheartnormalpeople's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

the plot twist was UNEXPECTED like what a surprise!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse