Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

2 reviews

laurenkimoto's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to love this book but I didn’t. 
Think if the Handmaids Tale, 1984, and Klara and the Sun had a book child. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Drug use, Infertility, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

jet's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Confinement, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism and Pedophilia