Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

382 reviews

tallulahdoesthehulainhawaii's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i really enjoyed this, i liked the writing style and the changing perspectives. i didn’t see it going where it was at all. i liked reading a main character a bit different from most books 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping

erinb1414's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Death of parent

marc's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting

honeybones's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Deadnaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic

riikkalukee's review

2.75

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping

caoilainn's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape

meganclsherry's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Too depressing for me, I was hoping for more of a Housemaid vibe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder

squid_marie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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: Yes

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I loved this book and how the past and present plot lines were interwoven. The ending left me feeling hollow

especially since Lindy never got proper justice. Stockholm Syndrome fully took hold of her and it made me so sad that she lost the will to escape even when she finally could. I understand the trauma Peter went through but I was hoping he would come to a revelation about his darkness and how he’s not actually quite so different from his dad. The last chapter of his discussing his thoughts about kidnapping again was chilling.

so -1/2 star although given the darkness of situations like these in real life, it’s fair that’s there’s not truly a “happy ending”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic

aideenol's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny 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

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy

stephhcf's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-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

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Virkelig god psykologisk thriller, som aldrig stopper med at overraske. Mogen vil mene at slutningen var unødvendig og dårlig - men jeg er en psycho som åbenbart elsker at være ulykkelig so there’s that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic