Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Nightcrawling: A Novel by Leila Mottley

117 reviews

jadynrko2416's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Rape, Trafficking, and Child abuse

juliaureads's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Trafficking, Rape, Abandonment, Racism, Child abuse, Classism, and Police brutality

corriejn's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Child death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Self harm, Racism, Rape, Misogyny, Abandonment, Child abuse, Vomit, Trafficking, Confinement, and Blood

pyronautphea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Rape, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child death, Trafficking, Drug use, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Addiction, Blood, and Torture

caitbrat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

melissa_francesca's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

monicablouin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Child death

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I can’t believe Leila Mottley wrote this when she was 17! it’s so rare for someone that young to put out a book that shows this much promise. While I do think Nightcrawling was hindered by some hallmark traits of debuts, I will for sure be following Mottley’s literary career and reading whatever else she writes. 

a note for the weak-stomached: this book is GRIM. it is unrelenting. it is a tough read, but it would certainly be doing people a disservice if it wasn’t written this way. 

I did find the beginning harder to get into than I anticipated, but became a bit more invested in the last section of the book. The writing was a tad overwritten (not surprising for a poet and a debut novel), but beautiful on a sentence level. It just got to be a little over the top for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Trafficking, Abandonment, Death, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Stalking

123aah456's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, and Trafficking