Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

86 reviews

abi_laura's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse

tey_lynn's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Violence, Misogyny, and Child abuse

lilleth's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

Harrowing and memorable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Torture, Murder, and Physical abuse

pinkiereads's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

a bit too fast paced/short imo, i felt i could have had a longer ending but a really interesting premise and setting and it was captivatingly written. plus what’s not to love about BOG BODIES!

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Content Warnings

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

kalldaff's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

Writing style was unique and, although a little tricky to get into, added a lot to the dreamy quality of the whole story. I was so fearful that this would have a tragic ending, but the fact that it ended with two women coming to the rescue really healed some part of me. The fact that it seemed so obvious that the 17 year old girl would be victimized, just as is suggested of the bog girls throughout the story, yet it is through a college girl and a midwife that we as the readers are shown just how absurd it all is. Loved it. Hard to put into words how it made me feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

feralbookwife's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

Haunting in every way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood

eve81's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Sexism, Racism, Gaslighting, Torture, Bullying, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Classism

ellenigrace's review

dark sad tense

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gore, Child abuse, and Murder

isabeel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Lord does she know how the mind of a victim works... Absolutely incredible character study of the dynamic around an abusive family member. Beautiful book but not easy to read...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

candicehere's review

dark reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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