Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard

5 reviews

rebeccaisafish's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Self harm

rhiannonhoward's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

stories's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I will always value modern Australian fiction for exisiting, and this was deeply, authentically, intrinsically Australian. 

The boys-not to mention the rest of the community-didn’t always make the right choices, but what they did make was believably ones. Heartbreakingly, frustratingly, bitterly believable. 

I’m not sure I enjoyed this book, but it is important and powerful and rawly true. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Outing

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

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rey_therese07's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Self harm, Toxic relationship

traceyanderson's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail