Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

27 reviews

tessatea333's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

withlivjones's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-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? No

4.25

An semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story about a young lesbian growing up in a highly religious community in the North of England. The narration was so endearing with its childlike innocence, and the exploration of religious trauma and questioning one’s beliefs after growing up in the church was really well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Animal death

river_dithers's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I absolutely adore this text. As a queer church kid it's all too relatable (although not to Jeanette's extreme!) I read it in one day as it moves quickly, and some of the quotes are truly exceptional! I also enjoyed the references to Arthurian Legend, specifically Sir Percival.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

angiegiannis's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

A semi-autobiographical fictional novel on the early life of author and lesbian ex-evangelical, Jeannette Winterson. This book is ripe with heavy religious themes and biblical references that are difficult to grasp without prior knowledge or research. I wouldn’t have enjoyed it as much if I’d have had to analyse it; the lack of pressure to understand every concept and metaphor was crucial to my enjoyment of the story. Overall, this was a lovely book but I’d only recommend it to those interested in the religious themes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Child abuse

brief depiction of a

excorcism

morose's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Racism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Colonisation, Sexism, Misogyny, Confinement, Abandonment, and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Death, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Adult/minor relationship

therosepages's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

I dont know how I feel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Racism, Hate crime, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Death, Racial slurs, and Ableism

Minor: Chronic illness, Bullying, Vomit, Outing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Hallucinations, psychiatric institution, ableist slurs

wrinnola's review against another edition

Too rich for my blood. This book was too hard for me to read, as the first couple chapters focus on the main character’s religious upbringing in a triggering way. I want to come back to it someday, but I just can’t read it right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

maxinesf's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual content