Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths

2 reviews

zelephante's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, Child death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Vomit

fossilreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a wild ride, poor Ruth getting sucked into all this insanity when she just wants to study bones!

I had a great time reading this and I'm so glad I stuck until the end. I wasn't so hooked that I'd drop everything else just to read on, but it still kept me interested and I'm so glad to have read it right now for a little more chilled attitude to making progress in the book. 

Love the fast pacing in the end, and how the mystery kept me guessing, but was still well set up so I could have figured it out if I wanted to spend a little more time on that instead of finding out as Ruth and the others did.

Glad to see Ruth getting a little better with her fatphobia, but I'm hoping she doesn't go back later! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming and Child abuse