Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

146 reviews

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this book, Sidra and Pepper are both such cool loveable characters and I had a great time getting to know them. Baby Jane made me so sad, and I definitely cried reading some of her bits, and Sidra's journey of discovery and her struggle to understand who she was and what her place in the world is was so emotional and relatable too. I love Tak and Blue too. Basically it was a great book about friendship, love, connection, and what it means to be a person. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death and Dysphoria

nswigert's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.75

This book used sci-fi tropes to portray mental health issues in a way that seemed relatable. Most of the book was pretty serious, but the topics never became overwhelming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Eating disorder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

I want this series to live in my memory banks forever. Becky writes such kind stories. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Abandonment

thewileyseven's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Child abuse, and Child death

foxclcves's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Cursing, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Death, Gore, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

lmfry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

Graphic: Dysphoria, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Confinement, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, and Child death

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Vomit, and Blood

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Child abuse

maisy_ally's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

I would die for these characters 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

salicer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Child death