Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

383 reviews

sandracq's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

brittanyreyes's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder

pjb12's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping

book_buterfly's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping

harlshm's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

gardy_lou's review against another edition

0.5

sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

claire_p's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Dark and full of suspense. The book gripped me from the start. The charcter of Sally is well written, adding depth and integrity the story. The book feature small chapters adding to the suspense. A great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping

lmmalbec's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

ruthtsharpe's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Kidnapping, Gaslighting

brianna_kai's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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really enjoyed this book ending was a bit disappointing but overall was a captivating story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment