Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Rules For Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

16 reviews

purstiltski's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

sammiesreadathon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse

blackthornfaery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

ashthemenace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved it. In parts it felt like something a horror & angst-loving fanfic writer created, and it was fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Gore and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

abies's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

i loved the dark spooky atmosphere, well conveyed through the writing. the characters felt shallow, but i was interested enough in the plot and the setting and the mystery that it didn't matter much. however, they gave concrete explanations for things i would have prefered stayed mysterious. the more they explained them, the more it unraveled the story and setting in an unsatisfying way. the story also introduced a plot line in the last couple parts of the book that i felt was unecessary, and made the end pretty disappointing to me. overall, i thought it was still worth the time it took to read. if you are looking for something with solid spooky vibes, and dont mind explanations of the mysterious happenings of a story, this one would probably be good for you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Death, Body horror, and Child abuse

anova's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, and I didn't really figure out the twist until I think you were supposed to get an inkling. Other than gore, which isn't my thing, and the loss of the character's I loved, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Great character arcs for those who survived. And plenty of representation. Thankfully fairly low content warnings for "horror" I'd say more paranormal mystery/thriller with gore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse

albon's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, and Child abuse

rae42's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Tbh I have no clue what happened at the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

collinsd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Self harm, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Death