Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

43 reviews

beth823's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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Awesome book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder

Minor: Physical abuse

Extra info on the book

caitlin033's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping

Minor: Blood

axeles's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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read this ages ago but was reminded of how good it was through a reddit post. not for the faint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

pitchperfectamy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping

Might be scary for young children, but presumably not too bad for a horror book.

mackenzienoelle's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Loved to see how the movie and the book live together. Such a rich and fascinating tale

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

jja_b's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

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Woahh finally got around to reading this. Of course I’m very familiar with the film, but I really enjoyed experiencing this story again in its original form. Really chilling and a staple in children’s literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping

angrybred's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Confinement

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Coraline the movie is my favorite movie ever, but this is my first time reading the book, so i had really high and specific expectations. first of all, no Wybie???!??!!?! i really appreciate his addition in the movie.
in the very first chapter it says "She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable." knowing the scene in the movie where

the Beldam strips away the floorboards into a spiderweb to trap Coraline and prevent her escape from the Other World

, i highlighted this and noted it as some sly foreshadowing for the climax. there were then thirteen subsequent uses of the word "spider", so i was really expecting

the Beldam to exhibit some explicitly spider-like qualities

, but this never happens, which i think is a shame. it would have been even more effective in the book than it was in the movie.
on the other hand, the final chapter of the book (XIII—i see you Neil Gaiman) is even more brilliant and satisfying than the movie, with the

fake doll tea party to trick the Beldam hand into jumping into the well

. genius
the overall theme of the story was very well done, Coraline's need for attention from her busy parents really comes through especially in how she talks about them when they're not around, and then just small moments of affection between her and her parents when they return are so touching, i cried (

daddy issues

)
also, i have to say, Neil Gaiman did not do his own characters justice in his audiobook reading. give it some life! make Coraline sound stubborn and actually like a child! make the Beldam snarly and mad-villainous! everyone is so dry, which works perfectly for the cat since it's in the cat's character, but the rest just becomes dull. except for the rats' songs. those were horrifying and unsettling and i love them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

komarov's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping