Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

335 reviews

njm1993's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

bellaolmstead's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

starburns's review against another edition

Didn't enjoy it. The plot of the first 14% is a summary of generational trauma and none of the characters were even remotely relatable or likeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

kyraelisabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

chloeslife98's review against another edition

The book goes from present day to history of her life when she was a small child, but also history of when her mother was a child. Its hard to keep up, to remember who is who and which timeline we are currently in. I found it frustrating jumping from different timelines. I didn't see why this was relevant, didn't find any of it adding to the story of the "present day". I didn't like the way the author writes and i had to re-read majority of the pages as the story wasn't holding my attention. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Child abuse

phou's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Death

Minor: Misogyny

carleenocito's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

elanuruysal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

eule's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is haunting and beautiful at the same time. The characters were incredibly vivid and traceable meaning that you could feel how torn apart Elle is between the past and the present. Lovely depiction of nature and the fragility of relationships. 
So much (!!!) emotional trauma in one book. Please check the trigger warnings, it gets pretty graphic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Incest, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, and Grief

cevec's review against another edition

Just endless acts of violence against women and children and violent imagery. Tiring and characters are shallow and without any redeeming qualities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Child abuse