Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Het vlindermeisje by Rene Denfeld

4 reviews

jtouchard23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

“You can be lost even when you’ve been found. You can make the wrong turn in life even if you’re surrounded by people who love you.”

A follow up novel to The Child Finder. I love the characters - Naomi is the child finder and I will always remember her work and her past. The side characters are great and fully developed and this has a lot of suspense/tension although I guessed where it was going early on, I didn’t care. Still enjoyed the story. It’s dark so check trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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? No

3.5

I remembered nothing about the first book, but that's OK. You don't really need it. This was a thoughtful & careful detective novel about deep childhood trauma, kids living on the street, and long unsolved kidnappings. These thrillers don't always come with a feeling of respect for the subject matter, but this one did. I appreciated that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

vanessarizzo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Ableism

beebeereads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

I listened to this book as a follow up to The Child Finder.  I can’t explain why I can tolerate this content. The topic is child abuse and missing children.  But for some reason I fell into The Child Finder last year and raced my way through it.  This year I’ve done the same with The Butterfly Girl.  Although I don’t think its necessary, I believe reading Child Finder first is the best introduction to Naomi Cottle.  The author sets the scenes in both books so vividly that the reader can feel chills as the story gets more ominous. I would not characterize this as a thriller, though some have done so.  It is suspenseful in places, but mostly its a dark story that progresses at a medium pace as the main character searches for her long lost sister.  The characters (except the evil ones) are tender and life affirming.  Thank you to the author for bringing this story to a satisfying conclusion.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit