Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

78 reviews

xingev's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Incest, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

dale1997's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

junkits's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

teresac's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Very week written but very very disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Incest

emptychurches's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I always enjoy books that have an adolescent protagonist that manage to preserve the weirdness of the mind of a child/teenager. The recall of stories that they are told being taken as truth, the value systems and their place in the world, and interactions with their siblings and peers. I really struggle with this type of books where the narration is through a lens of omnipotence. Kids are messy. Growing up is dark sometimes. This book really nailed that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Eating disorder, Excrement, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

celine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Incest, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse and Suicide

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Self harm

mchannah's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

maartje's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Self harm

cbrooks288's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Rape

emras's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture