Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

4 reviews

mitchelldavis1997's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Blood

menglert's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I usually love this kind of historical fiction/timeline switching/multiple POV parallelism, but this one didn't totally click for me. Some of the POV choices were a bit confusing, with some characters only having only one or two chapters. 

I think the core of this book was quite effective at examining themes of racism in America's past and present, so it could be worth the read for that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Slavery, War, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, and Hate crime

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Slavery, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

lisas_bookshelf's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Death

katiescott's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Slavery, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty