Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

23 reviews

artmajorese's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

I mostly picked this one up because I'm a completionist, I needed something to do on a 5-hour flight, and I had already powered through book 2. To my surprise, I enjoyed reading the book!  Expect a convoluted plot, which to me felt a little bit un-earned in its resolution. Most of the book is spent doing things OTHER than solving the central problem.  But if you can suspend your disbelief, you'll find some fun character development moments and (finally) the answer to "what's the deal with Ashmore 782?"

Heads up that the main subplot contains a lot of sexual violence, including incest and sexual violence against children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

jowould's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Torture

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

urlocalsleepparalysisdemon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

This series has been a pain in the ass to read.

Here's the tea. I simply don't care enough about this series to leave a long rant about my issues with it so I'll just say this:

I'm just glad it's over so I can go on to read literally anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

beaudoindani17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, and Pregnancy

missdrmuffin's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

fridayoddity's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I was kinda disappointed by the conclusion and ending being just what it is after all that build up. But now I’m curious to see how it’ll translate in the TV show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

maddox22's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

nyssbomb's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Rape, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Racism and Miscarriage

madsforbooks's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape