Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

5 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. Not what I was expecting. I enjoyed the first hundred pages(except the writing style). Then we lose a narrative part that I was enjoying way more. We started just focusing on Julie and how she felt about the things that happened and her stupid husband. Honestly while I was reading I had plot points that would have made this better and when they didn’t happen and it was just about Julia I was disappointed. That being said I am happy I read this because I honestly didn’t really know that these events took place in France. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, War, Suicide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Abortion, Antisemitism, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

jennabarry3's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Suicide, and War

Minor: Car accident

kaiteelutes's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.0

Historical fiction. Set in France in present day with flashbacks to World War 2. I love the alternating points of view but it does deal with very sad subject matters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Genocide

spacerkip's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

 You know that tumblr post that's like "I hate adult fiction - everyone's getting a divorce."

Yeah.

Sarah's story was interesting, and for a book that was supposedly about her, I really, really wish more time was spent in her perspective than the French soap-opera we got in Julia's chapters. I did not care about this journalist or her jerk of a husband, and yet. And yet. Fortunately, the writing was simplistic and bland enough that I was able to get through it all in a few sittings. Why anyone would cheapen a horrific event like the Holocaust with shallow, modern-day drivel is beyond me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Abortion, Cursing, Excrement, Infertility, and Infidelity

heatherdavies's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This story was beautiful and on top of that, beautifully told. I enjoyed the quick chapters that only lead you along in short bursts so that you really were enticed to keep going to find out how Sarah's story ends.

However I felt by the end Julia's story just kept lugging along, I feel like we didnt need several chapters of her just floating around waiting to hear from William.
I also personally dont enjoy when writers make children sound more mature than they may be. In Sarah's case it felt necessary and reflected the unimaginable things she had to endure. In Zoë's case, she had the voice of an adult as a privileged 11 year old, trying to coax her mother to share her secrets with her - this didnt feel realistic to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Pregnancy, and Suicide