Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Catching Teller Crow by Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Ambelin Kwaymullina

24 reviews

vezreads's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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 absolutely beautiful book. I cried like a little baby the whole way through. Amazing storytelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse

ellenkyo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Minor: Rape, Murder, and Child abuse

binreads's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Solid read, wasn’t exactly what I was expecting. It could’ve honestly been so much longer so that the story could have had more space to grow.

It took me until Catching’s last few chapters that I realized what had happened, and what her stories truly meant. I was just reading to read, I normally don’t do well with poetry stanza type of writing. I found myself not really processing the words I was reading, kept zoning out and having to go back to re-read. Silly me didn’t think too much into the Catching stories until the very end where I was like….wait is this what I think it is.  

 

I like the delicate way they approached this story. I definitely want to go back and skim what I didn’t pick up on the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Car accident, Body horror, and Child abuse

Minor: Kidnapping

kateybellew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Colonisation, Murder, and Child abuse

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

This story is one that has stayed with me after finishing it. It might not be a long book but it spends every page crafting an impactful story. 

This books mainly focuses on grief and coming to terms with loss. This is done through a few characters that we met through out the book, but the main being Beth Teller's father. The book deals with grief and loss through a case that Beth's father is trying to solve. It is also through this case that the author shows the discrimination against Australian Aboriginals endure. From cold cases of missing young aboriginal girls, how they are taken advantage of, and the racisms that is present through the country.

I thought this is a well crafted book and something that will keep you thinking long after you have finished. I highly recommend this read for the story and the characters that go through very real emotions and reactions to everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

emily_mh's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

The mystery storyline of this book was great and kept the plot moving, but I also loved that the mystery wasn’t the point of the book. Its significance lay in its exposure of the brutality of colonisation, and its beautiful and heartbreaking exploration of grief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical content, Drug use, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Ableism, Bullying, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm

Colourism, the Stolen Generations, police corruption

justmeandmybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Drug use, and Rape

viccro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

I didn't put all the pieces together until they were revealed, but it wasn't quite satisfying as a mystery; I felt as though I hadn't quite been given all of the pieces to the puzzle in a such a way that I *could* have ever solved it.

I really appreciated the Aboriginal lore and storytelling tradition though! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Death

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

 Catching Teller Crow was unique and memorable - fabulous powerful aboriginal story telling. It’s a story involving ghosts, a mysterious fire in a small town children’s home which leads investigators to far greater horrors that connect back to the stolen generation. It explores grief, love, family, colonialism,sexism, child sexual abuse, racism and more, all through an aboriginal world view. The mixture of prose and poetry made for an unforgettable reading experience. It’s a slim volume but really rich in terms of language (the imagery was amazing), themes and emotions. Despite the heaviness it managed to end on a hopefully realistic note. Stunning.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Grief

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Vomit