Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Паперовий палац by Miranda Cowley Heller

369 reviews

delaneysinger's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This book took a while to get through for many reasons. I picked this up thinking it would be a fun, dual timeline romantic beach read. This book was anything but that. Between the extreme detail in descriptions, the traumatic life stories of literally everyone involved, and the unsettling events that occurred in this book, it took me forever to get through it. There were many times I considered classifying this book as DNF but I kept coming back to it. I don’t think I would recommend this book but also wouldn’t say it was bad??? It honestly left me feeling unsettled and confused. Do with that what you will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

ju_harue's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Eu não sabia nem do que se tratava a história, e acho que foi uma ótima opção (a menos que tenha sensibilidade a alguns gatilhos, aí recomendo procurar sobre, eu deixo no StoryGraph).
A forma como a narrativa mescla momentos intensos, com uma narrativa intimista e que me lembrou Um lugar bem longe daqui, com atmosfera bucólica e melancólica.
Ao se passar em 1 dia, mas a narrativa alterna entre passado e presente, é tão bem desenvolvida, que fica impossível largar, embora seja um calhamaço.
Um recorte de uma vida e das gerações de uma família e os acontecimentos que permeiam e refletem em atitudes, com um Palácio de Papel ao fundo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming

imds's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

abeebittle's review against another edition

Heavier than I expected. 
Love the narration and prose. Don’t like the execution of the plot. The constant sprinkle of trauma is too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Incest

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

beetdirt's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Rape, and Murder

torrentsofhayl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

ajpil's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

kristinistic's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

molly_may27's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Unlikeable characters very graphic and repeated descriptions of child sexual abuse
Only redeemable quality is the actual writing but the content was either boring or horrific with no in between 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death and Cancer

annifuchs's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death