Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry

18 reviews

ripxw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Misogyny

bastieboi's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Death, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Vomit, Sexism, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

grace_collinson's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

amarieb's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

leahrosereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a wonderfully weird book. With a haunted woods (which instantly made me love it a bit more), a witch and a monster - I don't need much more in my horror.

I could've done without the racial slurs and slut shaming. I get that this was set in the 80s, but it was a bit much at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

jkmills2015's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, and Racism

toniibelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism

sizzlingsaturn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs