Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

94 reviews

astalavista's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death, and Murder

Minor: Rape

abitofcourage's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Bullying, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

zyahlove24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book literally had me sobbing and gagging and trying to survive. this book was so sad. I literally cannot deal with this right now. Like this book really just hurt my soul so badly like it had me punch in the book and everything. I cannot function anymore now that I read this book because the way how it really made me feel and it literally made me have an anxiety attack the whole time I was reading it like I felt in my chest this book was so good and I don’t think I’ve ever ever gonna recover from this book. I can’t even think straight right now that’s how good this book was it’s not even that is good it’s just so raw and just rail and just so depressing . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, and Rape

joy_99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

2.5

It was very close to being a 3 star. It wasn’t bad. Some things felt a little corny. It does show that it was written by someone who doesn’t have to experience this first hand but I appreciate the effort. Storyline did keep me wanting to read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Murder, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse and Blood

kashrae99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Dementia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Religious bigotry, and War

acourtofstarsandmoons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.0

This one is a solid middle of the road book for me. 

It was certainly successful in getting me to feel the intensity and the sadness in the parts where it was encouraged - deaths, during the confrontations with Tyler and everyone else. 

The writing choices took away a bit from the story though. I got confused on where we were and the step by step motions weren’t clear enough so that one minute we’re in the science room but then suddenly we’re going out the window. 

One thing that really ticked me off was Tomas’ death. It was completely needless - even more so than any death by school shooting is. He threw himself, literally, into the line of fire to give Sylv and Far more time to get out when Tyler wasn’t even where they were yet. It was completely pointless. I’m that same vein, we were never really given a reason for Tyler’s motivations behind the shooting. The author was giving very conflicted perspectives - in some he was kind and protective and tormented and then cut to raping and shooting up schools, it really just came from nowhere. 

Speaking of the rape, this was handled so poorly it should’ve been removed. For a topic as traumatising and serious as that, it needs to be elaborated upon past a single sentence mention out of nowhere. If you can’t dedicate a paragraph, at least to flesh this plot point out, don’t include it. Focus, instead, on the plot you’ve picked. 

I, thankfully, can’t relate to these situations as I’m safe and secluded in good old Australia so I’m not sure if it was the writing or the situations inspire actually reactions such as these but I felt like everyone was way too calm? Autumn especially. But this could just me a reflection of my ignorance to the subject matter. 

All in all, I’m glad to have read it, I was crushed by the deaths - Matt’s and Tomas’ specifically, but I wouldn’t reread this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, and Gore

ehmuhlie's review

dark emotional sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, and Child abuse

lyn_g's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Minor: Child abuse

beki_hilda's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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? No

4.75

bawled the last quarter of the book. could not catch a full breath till i was finished reading. and the fact that it all happened in less than an hour was so gut wrenching 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

sabrina_michelle11's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Medical trauma