Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Appetite for Innocence by Lucinda Berry

46 reviews

lisa_592's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Violence and Abortion

mariannevoyager's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Dark and disturbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

angel6446mc's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The plot of the book was great! It was fairly face paced and you wanted to know what was going to happen next. The ending was a bit lackluster compared to the rest of book. There wasn’t enough for what happened to John. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Death, and Stalking

tarantulagirl's review

dark emotional sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Kidnapping, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Blood, Child death, and Death

ambr2786's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Great book! Lucinda Berry is one of my fave authors & I love all of her books. This book Def has some trigger warnings but I enjoyed it.

I loved the ending too even tho I didn't expect what happens to Sarah. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Blood, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Torture, Alcohol, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Death

thecatcherinthelye's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

hauntedantiqueshop's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Very much felt like the plot of a Criminal Minds or SVU episode. I really disliked Ella’s mom,

I cannot fathom refusing to listen to a professional’s advice and actively ignoring your traumatized daughter’s pleads to not make her live with someone who idolized their shared abuser. Ella should have punched Petra as soon as she called her “our mom”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Abortion, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Confinement, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Physical abuse

Stockholm Syndrome isn’t a tag but definitely is involved heavily in this book, with a character basically romanticizing her trauma and abuse.

mackenzieotlowski's review

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Rape, Murder, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Trafficking, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Infertility, Abortion, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

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lmc_phd's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Good twist at the end that added a nice element of surprise to an otherwise fairly predictable ( yet still interesting) read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Abortion, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Confinement, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Death

bcashton22's review

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Lucinda berry is slowly becoming my favorite author. This was a solid 4.5 stars. I really liked the dual POV and that you got to see the current and past situation from both girls. A very sad but very good read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Self harm