Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sula by Toni Morrison

16 reviews

amy_q13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Excrement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Slavery and War

henrib11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Racism

Minor: Blood, Addiction, Excrement, Classism, War, Drug use, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Body shaming

jkull_10's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and War

itsbrianascall's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Child death, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Classism and Racism

logopolis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

tianas_littalk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

kirkspockreads's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual harassment, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, War, Physical abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Police brutality, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Rape

savvylit's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

Sula is undoubtedly a book about friendship. However, where the novel's strength really lies is in Morrison's unparalleled characterization. Each character, whether central to the story or briefly mentioned, feels palpably true to life. Though Sula and Nel are the focus, this book is ultimately a tragic portrait of an entire community.

Of course, Morrison's skill at character studies extends to the titular Sula herself. Despite the era in which Sula lives, she has no interest in marriage, family, or any other aspect of living a traditional woman's life. This makes her community at large distrustful of Sula and her intent. Such a character must have been especially groundbreaking when this book was first published in 1973. An independent woman eschewing rules in the 1930s? And a Black woman at that? Sula, flaws and all, is one-of-a-kind. Even in 2022, I won't soon forget Sula and her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

readingpicnic's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Slavery, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse