Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

25 reviews

allapaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

a STUNNING debut novel, oof. this did everything historical fiction is supposed to do--teach you and connect you to the past. Rachel's journey was a beautiful tribute to the history of women who had to make that same journey in history. my only critique is the pacing toward the end, I could have spent a lot more time on that last leg of the journey, a few more dead ends, lessen the suspension of disbelief a bit.

but truly, that does not take away much at all from how many times I was OVERWHELMED by FEELINGS reading this book. while I didn't cry, there were many times I had to look away from the book to yell into the void, either through happiness, sadness, overwhelm, or heartwarm. what an experience

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Racism, Death, Child death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage

This book does not shy away from the brutalities of slavery, but doesn't revel in the grotesque either, if that makes sense. You won't get gratuitous descriptions of injuries or violence, but those things are happening, because that's real history.

mstadhei's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Physical abuse

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Miscarriage, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Suicide, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Blood, and Physical abuse

jennaem27's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was true historical fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Child death, Racism, Slavery, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Classism and Colonisation

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Physical abuse, Violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Child death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape