Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

165 reviews

laurinbren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Homophobia

abbysingh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Confinement, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide, Body horror, and Car accident

fluffy1st's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lindseyrinehart's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

This is probably a “reader know thyself” situation. If I had known there were comparisons of this book to “Room” I would have avoided it altogether. I DNFed “Room” and truly hated it so much. I was really enjoying the story and Sally until we switched to Peter’s point of view. I listened on audio and could not have had a stronger ick reaction to him even when he was a child. We find out a lot about the past in Peter’s POV as he slowly catches up to Sally’s current day POV. I continued enjoying Sally’s POV as she really grows and improves herself after her father’s death. I don’t really understand the direction things took at the end. I’m just not sure what the message of the book is meant to be. It wasn’t mysterious and the ending is the opposite of redemptive, whatever that is. I felt gross when I finished this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Death, and Sexual assault

foreverbooked15's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Murder

harleyqueen's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Sall was just doing what her father said and put him out with the rubbish. Upon her father's death some dark secrets come out about who she really is and what her childhood was really like. This is her navigating her past whilst trying to build her future ... amazing autism rep 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Torture, Rape, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

sineadhg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

defyinggravity's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

disguisedposer's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Rape, Death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Violence

spookymartinireads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I thought my family was f****d up 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Self harm, Car accident, Confinement, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Misogyny