Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

12 reviews

nooks_cranny's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I thought it was going to be a cozy read but it turned out darker than I thought. It was a good book to pass the time, I didn’t really feel any attachment to any character aside from Madame Bowden. I would love to know more about her but that would ruin the fun and mystery. I also didn’t know I would learn tiny snippets about Irish history

especially concerning the German soldiers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Abandonment, War, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Ableism

griffl's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Child death, and Domestic abuse

mayab56's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: War, Misogyny, Child death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

busyknitting's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

corriejn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Alcoholism, War, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

julesfrigault's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Stalking, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Self harm

galadriel07's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, and Physical abuse

fedorasommora's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Sexism

katievallin's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity, War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Medical content, Cursing, Death of parent, and Suicide

laurenleigh's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I don’t think the execution here was quite enough for me. I found myself dragging through this at times, and I struggled to keep everything straight. Maybe the listening experience wasn’t as good as reading the print would have been. There’s only a tiny drop of magical in this realism, which leaves me wanting more. And the few magical elements were never quite explained well enough for me? I think the premise was cool, and I liked some of the historical elements, but it never quite came together for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Murder