Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

4 reviews

bibliotecabecca's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Torture, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Vomit, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

nwfalens's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

Beautiful storytelling, but very difficult reading with the violence. An important book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child death, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

mattgroot1980's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

sunny_not's review

Although the premise was interesting and I wanted to learn and read more, it was super complex there were too many characters and the story just kept on dragging and dragging. Since I picked this book up from a library I had to decide if I really wanted to continue on  or get books that I'm a lot more excited about and I decided to get a new book. I might continue this someday but right now I'm not in the right headspace to read so much triggering stuff and it's such a long and challenging book. Overall probably wouldn't recommend it. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence