Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Day I Died by E.B. Black

8 reviews

rokiro13's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This one was a sad read for me. I struggle with depression and I was even suicidal in my teen years after my mother died. This one hit home a lot with me. It only got four stars because it was shorter than it felt like it should have been. The ending seemed rushed and I wanted more to the story. 

"It was a tightness in my chest, yet a hole where something should be that wasn’t there, and a light-headedness as if I were watching everything happening to me without truly experiencing it."

"“It’s like there’s less color in everything. The sky is darker. The world is dimmer. Things that used to be fun, like singing, just make me tired now. I’ve been trying so hard for so long now that I deserve to rest. It’s selfish for you to ask me to withstand it when I can barely get out of bed most days.”"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Bullying, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

*trigger for suicide* 

Depression sucks. Sometimes it sucks so much you just want to die. Sometimes you have a terrible step-dad and a dad that literally did unalive himself. Sometimes you have an oblivious mom and a step sister that is always crying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

sophie_the_reader_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Self harm

vikkiien's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

book_nerd_bri23's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Suicide attempt

snapeygan's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.75

« Maybe it wasn’t anyone’s fault. Maybe people just like to blame others for someone’s death because it makes it easier to deal with when they can be mad at someone. Maybe the only thing to blame for suicide is depression. »

I’m in need of short stories these days to finish my reading challenge, so this book was what I was searching for. I think it’s a great way to aboard the subject, and even if it’s not what I was searching, I think it would have been better if it was longer. The writing style also felt middle school, which I liked less. Otherwise, the subject was great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Self harm

im_just_vidu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

2.5

IDK.
It's a topic that should be talked more and I'm thankful this writer did so. I felt exact same thoughts when I was in the hospital last time after the overdose. It's not easy and flowery to get better as the outer world think and I agree with most of the things,
However i didn't like the writing style. It felt like a diary entry of a middle school girl. It's the girl's point of view, but most of the things were described poorly and the scenes also felt so basic. It wasn't something I would normally pick and read, I fimished reading because the book is talking about an important matter. I'm not meaning to disgrace the author's work, but i wasn't satisfied with the writing style at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use