Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Spare by Prince Harry

7 reviews

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Classism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Murder, and Miscarriage

katndrsn's review

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Death of parent, War, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

norwegianforestreader's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, Classism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Death of parent, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and War

yarnarh's review

reflective medium-paced

0.5

Privilege White boy born as a prince complaining about his life and being way to invested in going to war and killing people.

Felt sad for him that paparazzi were harassing him but my god is he delusional and out of touch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Murder, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

frostrr's review

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Props to Harry for having the courage to tell his own story. He doesn’t hold back on his feelings about his brother, father and especially the press. The book felt like a long answer to “why we left the royal family”. I loved he and Meg’s love story, but I wish he had talked more about his children, as he mentions always wanting to be a father. Much of part 3 was a breathless account of the furor leading to their departure from their royal roles with brief mentions of the birth of the babies, especially Archie. His account of his time at war was enlightening as I don’t normally read firsthand descriptions of modern warfare. I did have to skip/skim a few pages tat touched on hunting and animal cruelty (poaching). His grief for his mother is palpable throughout and I’m sad that the adults in his life failed him in dealing with it as a child. I don’t see how there will be any reconciliation between Harry and his family after this book. William in particular comes across like a jealous, distant, self-absorbed man. I would recommend this book to those interested in the inner-workings of the royal family, the complicated dynamics between family members, and their relationship with truth and the press. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Animal death, Violence, and Animal cruelty

raccoonteeth's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexism, War, Animal death, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Racism, and Death

morganjamiejones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Car accident

Moderate: Colonisation, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Antisemitism, Classism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Bullying