Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

368 reviews

erikaraz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

losquish's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

skillyillian's review

The triggers in this book are fucking endless and I can't take it anymore, the story borderline does not exist around all of the triggers in here. Check the list here before you dive in because it's trauma after trauma, some violent and some sexual but it seems to be mostly both and there's no list at the front of the book. Do not go in blind if you have triggers, my friends. I loved A Study in Drowning so jumped into my next Reid and this was....not what I expected. I love an author with variety but there's absolutely no warning with this book, before the story or anywhere else, before she dives into stuff like bulimia and child SA right on the page. Asid was NOT like this so I had no idea what I was getting into. It's on me for not checking the tw list, but the dnf here is also bc of that. I wouldn't have even started if I'd known there was going to be child prostitution on the page in graphic detail. I own at least one other Reid book but it might be a while before I crack into it bc I doubt I will literally ever pick this one back up again. I'm usually not very squeamish or easy to trigger but it's like every bad thing to happen to someone has happened to marlinchen and I can only take so much. I have reached my limit.

There are some really great quotes here and I like how she was showing how people handle shame and disgust differently. It's just too gruesome for where I'm at mentally rn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

nat20composure's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

espurrr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

valeriaana_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

bookishmagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, and Gore

spacesheppard's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

There are aspects of this book that I enjoyed.  But at the end I was tired of it. Everyone is horrible to each other and the word "breasts" has no business to pop up as much as it does.  Main character has no personality for the most of the book. There is insta love and I can't tell one thing that they like about each other, except that they find each other attractive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

dcnireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Xenophobia and Colonisation

olgareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Stunning. An unflinchingly honest look into trauma, the cycle of abuse, and CSA with complex characters who aren't 'perfect victims' either in our society or the book's. I don't think a first person POV has ever felt so violently intimate as Marlinchen's, Sevas was a compelling and well-written love interest, and the interlinked relationships in the Vashchenko family were fascinating and devastating at once. This book had some of the most finely wrought prose I've had the pleasure of reading and a truly claustrophobic atmosphere; I also very much enjoyed the meta interweaving of fairy tale tropes and archetypes from Slavic folklore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Cannibalism