Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A High Wind In Jamaica by Richard Hughes

1 review

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

This book is deeply weird, and while I appreciated parts of the weirdness, it was clear that the author knows nothing about children, and a lot of the things he said about children, especially at the beginning, took me right out of the story he was trying to tell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Vomit, Sexism, Pedophilia, Death, Murder, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Slavery