Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Tvornica lutaka by Elizabeth Macneal

9 reviews

sheeprustler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Stalking

arielcorrea's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

I picked this book up after hearing Soairse-Monica Jackson talk about her role in the TV adaptation. I completely misheard her description and spent the majority of the book waiting for a story line that never happened (my fault). Aside from that, I found Silas to be sickening and knowing what he was working up to was hard to deal with. This story of Iris, based on Lizzie Siddal, is powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

books_for_the_bat's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Excrement, and Classism

skyegbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I didn't so much like the vague ending.

My heart breaks for Albie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. What a read! This is an immediate classic in my mind and I'll be reading it again very soon.

The thing I appreciated the most is how so delightfully balanced the author is with her details. She doesn't shy away from how gross Victorian London was, but she doesn't use it for shock value, either. She is clearly well-researched in the history and language of the time, but she doesn't spoon feed the reader with it. 
It was truly a delight to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

midnacine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I really loved this. There's a beautiful analogy of art used throughout the story and the characters are all so intriguing. I will definitely be reading this again in the future, but definitely check content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

mimy's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Physical abuse

alavenderx's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

rozereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

creepy villain -- not all that convincing characters

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, and Excrement