Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu

9 reviews

desireewoodwhite's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

tinytoulmin32's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.0

I agree with a few comments I’ve read, I wonder if the English translation of this book isn’t as good as the original. It was quite shocking in parts, but also relatable in some ways, the bizarre (and sometimes dark) games children play and the complex relationships you experience during puberty. I read it in a couple of hours and I did find myself struggling to put it down. But something about it made me just think ‘yeah it was ok…’ and not sure I could recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

eralbesu's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.75

Follows the friendship of two feral girls. It’s disgusting and intimate in a way that made me want to stop reading. Many times. Can’t say I’d recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Child death

taylorsevalia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

yinflower's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child abuse, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

etherealacademia's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.25

this was horrendous 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Blood, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Excrement, and Fatphobia

lilyfont0205's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Body shaming

Minor: Child abuse

ashleydefe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

4.5

Even though this is a tiny book, it was so emotionally exhausting it took  me two months to read. Honestly, parts of this book I sort of hated, and parts of this book I felt sick reading.

But it also felt so real. It’s not a pleasant book, exactly, but it’s not meant to be. I feel like I have so many more emotions that I can’t quite express yet, so I might edit later.. it’s hard to explain because even though it was such a challenging read in so many ways, I feel very positive about it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

kirstylana_'s review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Violence, and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide and Child abuse