Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

276 reviews

shaunnow38's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Murder, Animal death, Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Incest

sumoresler's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

julianfromme's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

jbcaddel's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Self harm

miratio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Incest, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

nova_lilias's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

suncourts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Gore, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Rape and Child abuse

awood17's review against another edition

4.25

fucking love/hate jade. such a grisly yet heart warming novel of self discovery. one of the most believable horror characters i’ve read recently as well, probably because of her extensive knowledge on the genre. 
great job Stephen Graham Jones! cant wait to read his other works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, and Animal death

beccabarpel's review against another edition

4.0

Darkly funny and sincere and whip smart. Jones knows the slasher genre up, down, sideways, and underwater. I was kept teetering in doubt about the existence of the slasher right up until the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

neighborhoodbeanreads's review against another edition

3.5

I don’t exactly know what I just read? And I didn’t understand the ending but I enjoyed the ride and the slasher references and essay read alouds were really cool

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault