Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Holes by Louis Sachar

51 reviews

lovelynovellas's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

kddavis's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

esoreilla's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Child abuse

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Gun violence, Confinement, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Medical content, Physical abuse, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Gaslighting

hyp3rpop's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-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

4.5

Very enjoyable book, but sorta repetitive. Especially the plot. Also, too much violence for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism and Death

Minor: Cursing

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I love this book so so much. They don't make 'em like they used to, sigh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

obviousidentity's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Racism and Fatphobia

katharina90's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed the dark humor and surprisingly serious topics in this middle grade classic, which include the absurdity of our punitive "justice" system, racism, illiteracy and houselessness.

The novel is pretty short and wraps up very quickly, leaving the reader to "fill in the holes" at the end. With a slightly higher page count some of the themes could have been explored a little more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Confinement, Child abuse, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

jbv123's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Confinement

directorpurry's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Gun violence