Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron

6 reviews

cozyscones's review

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Body horror

brokenlyrium's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

axel_p's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Slavery, Death, Pedophilia, Stalking, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, and Murder

pey333's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

briely's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual harassment and Medical content

xangemthelibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I love this book so much I want to CRY. Gabriel and Henry are precious and must be protected at all costs. 

Bayron really outdid herself here with this retelling of Jekyll and Hyde. She expertly picked out that theme of Otherness that Robert Louis Stevenson explored and made it shine through our two favorite Black British Queer characters trying to exist and be seen as people in Victorian London. 

I need more Historical Fiction that showcases the stories of people and cultures who have been erased by colonialism and history books. I cannot get enough of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical content, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Sexual assault