Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson

7 reviews

decie's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, and Homophobia

indigosparrow's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Self harm, and Pregnancy

endymionshawk's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book felt messy and hasty. While it was interesting to read from a very different perspective (the self-hating jock who actually loves the beauty of football), it didn’t feel believable.

That Max bought into Christian homophobia of Alabama felt completely off for the character that he’d been built up to be. Or rather, since there wasn’t much character building, the character who I assumed he must have been from the details of his background—living in a liberal, secular, society with loving parents.

The themes in this story (reconciling belief systems, being part of a community, life/death, etc all felt so slap dash and half-hearted, especially given then ending. Nothing seemed closed. Yes, the ending has an open-ended bit stylistically and that’s fine. But there seems to be no conclusion for any of the themes or character building. It’s all just…..flat. Fizzled out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer and Child abuse

librarianmage's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Body horror

dreher's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Rape

Minor: Bullying and Self harm

packedjam's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

is this a terrible book? no, but i can't say i would particularly recommend it to anyone. so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

taelights's review against another edition

I wasn't vibing with the story and whenever I don't vibe I'll read reviews to see if it's worth continuing. Some reviews mentioned a rape scene so yikes I'm stopping here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry