Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Girl in Pieces (Ungekürzte Lesung) by Kathleen Glasgow

208 reviews

bookishperseus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Addiction, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Self harm, Hate crime, Medical content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Gaslighting

riannesdijkstra's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

steffi_lag's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abandonment

elise_e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

Loved this book took me a bit to get into it though. Love the uneven chapter lengths ended up absolutely loving this book and can’t wait to read the next. I loved Charlie she was an amazing character and I loved her through and through along with all the other true grit workers. Riley would have been such a great character to see more of if the situations were different. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Self harm

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Rape

lilyyyy_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-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: Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death

vibinqvio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

this was… a journey. a healing journey, written in the best way possible. 
charlie deserved so much more than what her past gave her. such a young girl, never really getting to experience her childhood and teenage years. the quotes were beautiful, yet heartbreaking. reading about the events of charlies life.. once something good happened, it was crushed. but she healed. she healed without the magic of love. she did it herself. and seeing her thoughts and struggles, i could feel them myself. and you can notice that the author lived thru something similar, because it’s written in such a heartfelt way. one point, why’s there a girl named linus? and a dude named riley? lil confusing at this point. 
I’m happy with the way it ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Child abuse, Self harm, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

sheabug's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Body horror, Cancer, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Sexual violence

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This book is so utterly complex it was almost hard to rate. Its girtty and rosy at the same time. It both perfectly explains self harm and its negative effects and glamorizes a toxic relationship. I didn't want to love it but I did. I cried through the last third of the book and am
both satisfied and unsatisfied with the ending. I appreciate that the book doesn't have a happy ever after as its not a happy book but for Charlie I wanted someone to give her one. Gut wrenching and reflective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Vomit, Rape, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

ssamachi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt