Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid

7 reviews

rebakesl's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

My only complaint about this book is that it’s over. I thought I was a Winston brothers fan, but Drew Runous might just take the cake with his surly selflessness and swoony poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Cursing, Blood, Violence, Animal death, Kidnapping, Suicide, Addiction, and Alcohol

cryptidonwheels's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Child abuse

allingoodtime's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

 I recently read Truth or Beard, so decided to go back and read this book that was the bridge from the Knitting in the City series to the Winston Brothers series. This is the story of the lone sister amongst the Winston brothers, Ashley.

Considering how quickly the aforementioned lit up the pages, this book was surprisingly slow to ignite. Ashley and Drew had a spark, but it took far too long for anything to happen. I will note, when Ashley was deep in her woe at the tail end of the climax I felt the slow burn was worth it. The last few chapters are sooooo good.

The pace of this story isn’t helped by the subject. Ashley is home after 8 years to help care for her terminally ill mother. Most of this story involves Ashley coming to terms with her mom’s diagnosis while sitting bedside, reconciling with her brothers, and just overall being sad. There are some bright spots, it’s not all doom and gloom. But it is a heavy story.

What it comes down to is this story felt very uneven. There were parts I adored and others that plodded along. It did give me more insight into the brothers which will add depth when I’m reading the rest of this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

prettylightsandcitynights's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Child abuse

thisreadingcorner's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

martamae77's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

thoughtsfullofbooks's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

3.0

3,5⭐
tw: death of parent

actually this really started really great. i like their first meet, how they met, how they started to noticed each other, how they started to develop feelings but there's just something missing about it all. like i thought he's already crushing on her for so long but nope this is kinda instalove and i feel like they need to convince me more about their relationship like why does it feel it so rushed somehow? the poems and everything is sweet but make the characters interact more please. at first i was thinking giving this 4 or more stars but it fell flat.

also i hate how they just brushed off the topic that her brothers bullied her so bad that she needed to escape and then lost contact with them for 8 years. THEY DIDN'T EVEN APOLOGIZE??? like come on, i hate reading things left hanging. this book just made her the one who apologized instead and made her feel bad that her escapism from her brothers was her fault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Child abuse