Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

75 reviews

missmollyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child abuse

aliciahupprich's review against another edition

funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Murder

sarahjdnr's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

littlebookcastle_sam's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

reading_ladies_blog's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Child death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Unreliable narrator

thespinystacks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

I truly love reading Sally Hepworth. She delivers thriller-lite dramas like no-one else, and The Good Sister follows suit.

Two sisters, one neurotypical and one who has sensory problems. Who’s perspective can we rely on?

Honestly, I won’t give much more detail as to avoid any spoilers but this was a great read. Sucked me in, and kept me turning pages every step of the way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

lindsayvsmith's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

aliciaclarereads's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

opinionsofawolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infertility, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Child abuse

The ableism is specifically ableist against autistic people and people with a mental illness.

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It's hard to say too much about this book without venturing into spoiler territory, but I'm going to do my best. I loved this story, and I think a lot of it had to do with the audiobook! The narrator was so good and I wanted to always be listening to her Australian accent haha.

The characters were fantastic. I loved the growth and development in our main character, and the romantic relationship was just adorable. I wasn't expecting a cute romance in a thriller book, but it's definitely there. The relationship between Rose and Fern was compelling and is really the backbone of this story.

I will say that the plot was a bit predictable--I figured out pretty early on where it was going to go and it didn't surprise me--but that honestly did not take away from enjoyment of the story at all. I was laughing aloud at a lot of it and grinning ridiculously at other parts and crossing my fingers that a certain character would get the happy ending they so clearly deserved.

All in all, I highly recommend this audio! Thank you so much to Libro.fm, Macmillan Audio, and the author for my ALC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault