Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh

36 reviews

jackiedreadsbooks's review

1.25

I hated this book so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

mlynn2004's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Minor: Suicide and Child death

aubrey_rose's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Death

emcheym's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

0.25

This book was very strange and I really disliked it. I feel like I never figured out what was going on. I couldn’t tell you if this book is set in the past or the future, or the characters ages, or what happens to them. It just felt like a lot of sex, violence, and cursing and no real plot or character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cursing, Suicide, Death of parent, Confinement, and Grief

danpeachey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Miscarriage, Child death, and Self harm

jcapati's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Child abuse

Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Blood

amy_park's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

4.5

This book is a short feminist dystopian that slow burns. Incredibly eeiry and claustrophobic, I thought overall  it was really good. Going in I was cautious as I didn't enjoy 'Cursed bread', my apprehension was short lived as I was compelled from the start. I enjoyed the writing style and the closed setting. The water and decaying imagery was great, added another creepy element to the novel. I did feel the pace was very slow in some places, which is surprising as its only a short book, although this was great and good for the book, it did make me a bit reluctant to pick it up at times. I would recommend and especially encourage people to read if they also didn't gel with Sophie Mackintosh's other novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

breanneporter's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.0

Sigh. This just wasn’t for me. It’s quite dark, with far more descriptions of abuse and torture than I had expected, and I’m not totally sure how to feel at the end. It was quite slow and I agree with other reviewers who said it might have functioned better as a novella, or if Grace had been the primary narrator instead of Lia. I wouldn’t recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Torture, Physical abuse, Violence, Self harm, and Child abuse

ashtheaudiomancer's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Unsure how to feel about this one. I certainly finished it quickly, and I found it gripping the whole way through. However, the story being told here is . . . distressing for reasons I don't think the author intended. Or maybe she did, and I'm just not getting it? I don't know. This is why I don't normally read literary novels. Well written, and I know the type of reader I'd recommend it to, but I am not that reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Incest, Gaslighting, and Rape

This book is set on an island that is basically a cult for women running from intimate partner abuse. The "disease" they say plagues the mainland may or may not be real.

hettyreads's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, and Torture