Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel

67 reviews

itsgoodtobea's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Drug use, Child death, Addiction, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

maggiemcfly's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Murder, and Child death

ventellina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Rape, Death, Sexual assault, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

itsredandread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug use, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Murder and Child death

ellyra's review

DNF 50 pages in.

I loved the author two other books but this one is a massive no for me.

I loved the writing style in the other books but I found it very unpleasant in this one : the author tried to much to be creative or original and the result is a barely coherent prose.

Also if the author's other books had a nice balance of beautiful writings and tough topics, a sort of balance between light and dark, this one was all misery and the worst of humanity. The first 50 pages alone have drugs, child neglect, prostitution, child abuse, pedophilia... YEP nope !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Drug use

megstravellinglibrary's review

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Child abuse, Animal death, Sexual violence, and Murder

emmasdil3mmas's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

a devastatingly emotional read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

theelmstreetlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Miscarriage, and Rape

madeline29's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

Unrelentingly grim and harrowing, I had to put this down a few times to emotionally recover.  The prose is very lyrical and became a little too abstract for me, I found myself skimming paragraphs but I also think this represented well the inner life of the characters. Much of this book felt like being in a dream (or nightmare).
 
I think story is (unfortunately) very true to the lives of women in poverty in rural America and I’m glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Murder, Rape, and Drug abuse

lisaadam's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, Drug abuse, Child death, Rape, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Blood, Drug use, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder