Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

407 reviews

antoniafang's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

alicyagrace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Incest, Death, Child abuse, and Alcohol

fayemomodu's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my first Toni Morrison book and I absolutely loved it. I would say this is def in my book 3 books I have read so far this year. This book reminded me so much of my childhood and brought up a lot from my past. This book is so beautiful and I think everyone needs to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Racism, and Rape

elysev's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

laurianeisreading's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Bullying

rsagarin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Classism, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence

mdrosend's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Rape, and Child abuse

emerentina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Sexual assault, Incest, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Racial slurs, Addiction, Grief, and Mental illness

sinneblommen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

This is my first foray into Toni Morrison, and I get all the praise she gets now, even on this, her debut. The way she writes the intermingling of beauty, poverty, and pain. How much racism affects the lives of Black people in the second quarter of the 20th century (and beyond, and before). The choice to represent the story not chronologically, but through seasons, adds a lot of heart to it, because when looking back at my own childhood, I mostly see things in the context of the season, not the exact year or date. 
This book is rough, there are some topics and scenes which may be very triggering, they're brutal in their honesty, written so well, but that also made me have to step away for a little bit. To gather myself and come back later, but that is oke. 
I do get what Morrison says about this novel in the afterword, you can tell this is her first work and she did not achieve the "sharing of a secret through whispers" atmosphere she wanted, so I am excited to read more by her. 
Also this book made me spend way too much money on annotating supplies, because I underlined so many paragraphs that I need a system. One of my favourites was one about a Black man in a park trying to open up a watermelon while looking like God, but no, he is black, so he must be the Devil, but we want this devil rather than the blue-eyed god.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

hanz's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage