Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

11 reviews

missgrangerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

At first I was reading this book and was like "what am I doing?" I did not like it. It was slow moving and boring, however I pushed through. I was glad I did, as the ending approached I found myself moved to tears a few times. It ended up being a really beautiful story and moved me. I gave it three stars because although the ending was wonderful, getting to it was not easy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Addiction, and Death

smasson13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. 

It is so faced paced, I read it so quickly, yet it feels like it took years out of my life to sit with these characters. 

At the start, I may have gotten a little lost between who was who and where everyone was, but the character list and map were very helpful. 

Really this book was a beautiful reflection of being a young person, with a foot in the adult world but not all of the pieces. It was soft and heartfelt and made my soul hurt just a little...but in a good way.

I would love to teach a book like this to teenagers, I think it would really help young people feel seen. 

Absolutely read this book. 

Note: while the topics of this book are very heavy, it's written in a lyrical way through the eyes of children, so there is a heavy weight to these topics...yet nothing is graphic 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy and Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Mental illness, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Forced institutionalization

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This was one of the most beautiful books I’ve read this year and I truly can’t believe it’s been sitting on my Kindle for YEARS. I adored the stunning writing and the way in which all the characters’ stories intersected. That last chapter was just *chef’s kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

beyourbestshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

4.5

Read as part of my Read a book from all 50 States. This book set in Alaska was both sad and heartwarming. I definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.0

This was fine. I didn’t know what it was about I just heard people talking about it forever ago. I did like how all the POVs connected at the end. I liked the characters and their stories and how they grew. I do wish we got more of the history and cultural aspects. I liked the message and lessons of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Classism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Car accident, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

cc2018's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Abandonment

quirkyhelma's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-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

I really love this book. It was short straight to the point and emotional. Even tho the book isn’t plot driven I was hooked into the story. The characters were interesting not flat. I do have a critique about the diversity. It is set in the 70s but it was published in 2012 so keep that in mind. They were NO LGBTQ Characters. They were native people and it shows their struggles as those. But still the author makes the parents of one of the native people alcoholics. And they were racial slurs used. I’m not native, but it seemed kinda of to me. I still like the story and the way it shows the struggles of teenagers, wich arg still relevant today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Bullying, and Body shaming

faithfullymoonstruck's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault