Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

227 reviews

sarahruthsreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The fastest 5 star review I’ve given all year. This book is devastating and beautiful, and I feel like I’m actually a different person after reading it. But please for the love of god read the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Violence, Suicide, Child death, Animal death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Blood, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Racial slurs

artemy_se's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.75

Sigh...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Rape, Child death, Incest, Child abuse, Abortion, and Violence

k8ofhearts's review against another edition

sad 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? No

1.5

Very Trauma Porn-y

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Classism, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abortion, Gun violence, and Murder

eleanorferrari17's review against another edition

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? No

4.5

This book is beautifully written, filled with reflections on nature, childhood and storytelling. The character of Landon is a source of comfort for the Betty and the rest of the family, but he also felt like a safe and reliable person to read about in contrast to a lot of the other characters, especially Betty’s mother Alka.

Overall I found Betty brilliant and eye opening, but there are so many triggering themes and several times it was too much to read - incest, suicide and animal abuse to name a few.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Incest, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexism

jmundradz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Animal death

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Child death, and Racial slurs

clusterf_cked's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Incest, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child death, Bullying, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Racism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Grief, Torture, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Drug use

yuckiestpenguin's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Miscarriage, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Rape

fozlandgirl's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I don't give memoirs or raw emotional books anything less than a five. This book has EVERY trigger you can think of. Take the warning seriously but this is someone's life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Incest

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

Minor: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, and War

Please please please take head of the graphic content. It is severe and if you are not in a good place, don't read this until you are.

rosceyred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Abortion, Violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Rape, and Incest

katelinpro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Addiction, and Bullying