Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Punching Bag by Rex Ogle

8 reviews

ellaxiao's review

dark emotional sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

mahhias's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Addiction

michellebuch's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

shopgirl2019's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

ketchup_chugger_al's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Punching Bag is a beautifully written book about one man’s experience of growing up the victim of domestic violence and all that comes with it. As he struggles to deal with everything happening at home, the loss of his sister when he was a child, and attempting to shield his younger brother from the same fate as himself, Rex Ogle paints a difficult but hopeful story of survival. It’s incredibly difficult read. However, anyone who’s picked up this book who may be in a similar situation or who has lived it, it’s a reminder you’re never truly alone and that there’s always a little hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Stalking, Child death, Blood, and Racial slurs

Minor: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, War, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

mandi4886's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy, Self harm, Stalking, Vomit, and Abandonment

dana_atkins's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

amykuc's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

 I read Rex Ogle's previous book Free Lunch last year. Punching Bag continues the chronicles of Rex's childhood and teenage years. Neither is an easy read. The author details the many traumas in his life-poverty, the domestic abuse of the adults in his life, child abuse, alcoholism and mental illness. You would think why would you want to read of all that dysfunction. You get to watch Rex grow into a young man who learns how to take control of his life and find happiness even with all the pain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death