Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Geisterwand by Sarah Moss

154 reviews

sm_moon's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-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

4.0

Ghost Wall was an unexpected read. Pleasantly short but a full and complete story. It is fun to watch the author weave together aspects of ancient and modern culture. Scavenging and swearing or family drama with old fashioned cooking. The characters while fully fleshed out generally made me sad, they were so beat down by life and often so scared and vulnerable- which in turn highly the vulnerability of the setting.

I was both glad and disappointed by the end having expected the main character to die in the moments of ritual but her finding sisterhood with Molly was much better, just not what I was expecting. 
Overall a solid book, well written, atmospheric, and eerily human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

tracyisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

it’s hard to give this what I’d think is an accurate star rating. i definitely can’t say i enjoyed it but i see what sarah moss was doing and she did it quite effectively. she’s inhabited a domestic abuse victim’s mind very well and it’s extremely disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

neha_rainbows's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

danoott's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

candicehere's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Emotional abuse

artis_meretrix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

3.0

Beautiful imagery of nature. Horrifying exploration of pressured consent. Reminded me of the quote “when you are not fed love on a silver spoon, you learn to lick it off knives.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexism, Animal death, Torture, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Classism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit

himemiyaa's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

loremei's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

breckenthereader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

bherigood's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexism