Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

La Fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette by Stieg Larsson

19 reviews

fbc_2122's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Pedophilia, Blood, Child abuse, Trafficking, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Murder

nicoletiff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Vomit, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Trafficking, and Medical trauma

mellomorissa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

kimmyhall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: Trafficking

sgordon00's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Outside of the teen an YA novels i'm into this is one of the best second book in a trilogy i've ever read. sure it was really dark and sad but twist after twist i couldn't put it down when i had the time to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Child abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Rape

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Trafficking, Biphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Homophobia, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexism, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, and Suicide

spartanreads117's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Child abuse

theatomicblonde22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Homophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Child abuse, Violence, Murder, Trafficking, Medical content, Ableism, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Confinement

srosa037's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It lost me towards the end when it just got a bit unbelievable (literally). It was just building up for the first 2/3 of the book and then picked up towards the ending. It took me a while to finish but truthfully, it could've been a bit shorter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Death