Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda

34 reviews

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Darkly feverdream-like, yet horrifyingly real. This one is for the feral girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, and Rape

raisinreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

Toxic gay relationship!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

caracabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Self harm, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Animal cruelty, Lesbophobia, Animal death, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

walrus420's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol and Child death

americattt's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

“Her being a daughter, she understood with time, had led to the death of her mother—everyone engenders their murderer, she thought, but only women give birth to them.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death

caitlynes91's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

WHEW. wickedly good prose (shoutout to the translator omg?). also wickedly f-ed up. will be thinking about this one for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Homophobia, Excrement, and Self harm

storyonlystory's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Stalking, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Classism

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Death, Abortion, Cannibalism, Child death, Transphobia, and Racism

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Mental illness, Death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Grief, and Child death

thebooksanctuary's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Torture, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death