Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

White Horse: A Novel by Erika T. Wurth

63 reviews

jrharris's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

wai's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Blood, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

Minor: Medical content and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

pagesandtales's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual assault

caidyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

While the more supernatural elements felt under-developed, I so enjoyed the characters and general plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This book was such an unexpected surprise. Justice is served! Kari James’s mother disappeared when she was just two days old. Now in her thirties, she becomes determined to uncover the mystery of what happened to her mother. There are a lot of messy friendships in this book that come with a lot of heartbreak… but in the end, those heartbreaks simply lead to growth. This was an entertaining read complete with some Indigenous lore. It wasn’t too scary, and I think I would market this as being ‘thriller’ rather than ‘horror.’ I would recommend this Book of the Month selection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Rape, and Child abuse

apworden's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Child abuse, War, Racism, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

teaandtales1's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: Kari James discovers a mysterious family heirloom bracelet and starts being haunted by visions of her mother, who disappeared when she was only a few days old. 
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Erika Wurth
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 300
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Marketed as horror, but is really a family mystery
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: No
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: Yes
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝: Contemporary 
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:👻
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: ⭐⭐1/2

The mystery of Kari's mother and connection to Lakota and Apache traditions was actually really interesting, and the reason I ended up finishing this one. Unfortunately the author packs so much other needless stuff into this story that it gets bogged down in endless filler. Kari's cousin and best friend, Debby, is super annoying, plus there's a whole other side-plot of the White Horse bar that the novel is named after (which after reading, seems like a really odd choice).

I did listen to this on audio book, which always makes things seem far longer, but this book seemed like it was never going to end. I literally sewed an entire quilt while listening to it, and frankly it could've just been a novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Suicide attempt

ola_wnka's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

erinxmegan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual assault