Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet

5 reviews

sophiejts's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

i read “case study” by this author and really enjoyed it, so i picked this one up from my library. i enjoyed the interesting framing of the novel as a nonfiction work, and the inclusion of various voices through documents and court proceedings. although the concept may sound a bit dry, it read as a thriller to me and was definitely a page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

kstericker's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Gore, and Grief

a1exander's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Violence, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Alcohol, Stalking, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Death of parent, Mental illness, Classism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, and Incest

feebles640's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, Gore, Murder, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse

carmen_cruz's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

A very slow read that becomes a page turner near the end. I wished it wasted less time with young roderick being clueless or had developed other, more interesting, characters further. As it is, this is an unreliable but also boring narrator story about an unhinged murderous man.

I was more taken by

his sister suicide

than I was his whole story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Torture and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death