Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Smoke by Ellen Hopkins

6 reviews

czoltak's review

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

bookishchaos's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

I cried while reading this. The ending was so beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, and Child abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Gun violence, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia

llamaa's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Misogyny

lauraloudmouth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Death of parent, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Deportation, Alcohol, Animal death, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Blood, Grief, Bullying, and Racism

lynnd's review

dark emotional hopeful 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? N/A

4.75

Sometimes books written in verse make it harder for me to empathise with the characters. In this book the verse made me feel móre.
I marked this book as rende, because sometimes I was top anxious about what might happen to open the book, which I actually think is a good thing.
I will definitely read more books in verse!

I was going to give this book five stars, but thought the ending could have been a bit less sudden. It just seemed a little bit too good to be true.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gun violence, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I did like this a little less then burned. It was still really good and I liked that Jackie had a POV. This deals with a lot of heavy topics so look up trigger warnings. I do love how the girls grew to be so strong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence