Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

12 reviews

mickraine's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, Classism, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Grief

annorabrady's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

While I do think all of the characters involved could have used a healthy dose of therapy before attempting anything resembling a romantic relationship, I do like this story. I also like that there's more emotional intimacy than physical intimacy, and that the characters at least try to help each other through emotional challenges. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Sexual content

komiification's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Incest

msradiosilence's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Death of parent

ari_is_tired's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The romance is important, of course, but where the novel truly shines is in how it handles Delilah and Astrid's sibling dynamic, or lack thereof. It's healing, in a way that's familiar to anyone who's had the unfortunate experience of alienation within family, or been on the receiving end of a controlling parent. Having said that, the romance is nothing to sniff at either. The consequences to the situation are real, and Claire's situation is handled so well. I think the title of this novel does it a disservice in it's simplicity; it's without a doubt worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

themiscyra_anna's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Death of parent

novella42's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

megs23's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-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

This was a fun and quick read. Great steam and I enjoyed the plot and all the photography references. This book had a lot about Astrid for her not being an MC but I suppose that’s setting her up as one of the MCs in the next one. There were a couple of times in the book where the author described a character as white, and when this first happened I thought there would be an introduction of character(s) of other races… but then all the characters were white. That was a little odd. I’m not sure what’s better when an author makes all their characters white - letting the reader assume race or describing everyone’s race, but what would be best is including racial diversity. I did appreciate the bi and lesbian representation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Death of parent

tbrnichols's review

hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

A little lacking in plot complexity but found the characters to be very believable and relatable and felt the plot synchronized well with the characters and their own issues. Really good for a romance novel with no bit premise. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Child abuse