Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor

24 reviews

ehamlett's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Bullying, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer

maggieoc_x's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Bullying, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

Minor: Self harm and Car accident

madi_mairee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Violence and Child death

Minor: Car accident

nialiversuch's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

samburkhouse's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Vomit, Gore, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Suicide, and Gun violence

Minor: Grief, Ableism, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

xxkatastrophe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Bullying, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

turtlelullaby's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

This gets a whole star because I didn't hate the writing amd the last quarter of the book held my attention. It only gets one star for the following reasons. 

The main character was so incredibly full of himself that it was extremely hard to get into this book at all. It also moved so slowly that it might have been a great short story once upon a time but has been ruined through expansion. 

This is marketed and promoted like a thriller when it's actually a supernatural horror. There's nothing wrong with supernatural horrors, but don't deceive readers about it. 

My final main issue with this book is that it is detrimental to women. There are two main female characters, one of which is a dead child for most of the story and the other ends up being the villain who fakes an abusive husband. This perpetuates an extremely harmful myth about women seeking help from domestuc violence and should never be used as a plot device.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse

boesgesicht's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Bullying

lu555's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

it's definitely not a bad book I enjoyed it most of the time but I wasn't really hooked. there's no emotional connection to any of the characters and some plot lines seemed a bit cliché in my opinion. i loved the burning girls by the same author but this one just didn't quite fit my taste, especially because it wasn't really creepy or exciting. i gave it 3.75 but i'm correcting it to 3.5 now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, and Child death

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Addiction