Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

449 reviews

denwluv's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

so beautiful something younger me needed but older me still did as well 🫶🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

Oh. My. Goodness. I don't know where to start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lyraandpan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

loved loved LOVED this book!!! i laughed, i cried, i felt so deeply at the end - ugh i need to lie down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Homophobia

lucidish's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death

bumblemee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This is my favourite book for a lot of reasons. A few of them include:
- the phrase "I'm platonically in love with you."
- having a friendship as the most important relationship in general
- the very relatable struggle of not knowing what to do with your life, what you want from it and feeling lost
- starting my love for fiction podcasts

... I will leave it at that because I still don't know how to put my love for this book into proper words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

dani_2006's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

willisalive's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol

greta_1251's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

So good... I was incredibly invested in this book from the moment I picked it up to when I finished it 4 hours later. I have never felt as connected to a character/narrator as I do with Frances. The writing is lovely and I enjoyed the ride all the characters went on during this story- I still feel connected to them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

crysbooks's review against another edition

emotional sad 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: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders