Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

In This Iron Ground by Marina Vivancos

9 reviews

jankben's review

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

An emotional story, full of sadness, Hopelessness  and pain..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

hjewels's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

A true coming of age story. The focus and attention the author gave in creating the MC are flawless. You can feel the emotions and sorrows. One of the best books I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm

ashlikes's review

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, and Vomit

hankerchiefghost's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

It was ridiculous, really, seeing what the people in Damien’s life had done for him. How they had saved his life, given him a home, taken care of him. But that moment there. His eyes closed. Hakan next to him, wiping his face from the remnant of tears. 
It was the most quietly, beautifully caring thing anyone had ever done for him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent

nina_readsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Grief

litandlayne's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

craftyhilary's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

5.0

This absolutely gutted me. I'm so glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

endemictoearth's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.75

I read this TWICE, pretty much back to back. I don’t know what to say about this author’s writing, other than while I recognize it's not perfect, it works for me. It’s very poetic and lyrical, with narrative asides that would annoy me if they weren’t so well done, and she makes this world of werewolves almost . . . mundane? Not boring at all, but just very plausible and not the focus of things. It’s all about feelings and growth and family eventually Romantic love, but even then it's shown as not more important than the love of friends and family. 

There’s a lot of darkness, and Damien is put through it in the first half of the book, and those experiences with abuse haunt him for most of the rest of the book. The romance doesn't even start until after the midway point, and I thought I'd skim the first half on my re-read, but I got sucked in and just did a full read on the second pass. There is also a good depiction of finally getting therapy/counseling, which is a recurring theme in her books. I’m probably going to start the second book in this world (don’t think it’s really a series) soon, and then I’ll have to wait for new stuff, sadly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide attempt

flowerparrish's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

This is one of my favorite books ever written. I cannot recommend it enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Sexual content