Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

38 reviews

musingsbynitika's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

Possibly my favourite book of 2022! This is a powerful story with inspiring characters that will stay with me for a long time. Lola Jaye has beautifully written an important historical fiction/ mystery novel about the Black British identity that will break your heart and then lift you back up. A resounding ☆☆☆☆☆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Child abuse, Racism, Colonisation, Trafficking, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, War, Child death, Genocide, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia

burnourhistory's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Classism, Racism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Abandonment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Alcoholism, Bullying, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. The characters are compelling. The story made me angry with so many societal institutions, codes of acceptable behavior, and the history of racist colonization in general. Yet, despite that or maybe because of it, the characters making their own way was that much more worth cheering for. One star off because end felt a little too tied up neatly with a bow against the backdrop of the characters' histories and the book themes. Please check the content warnings on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement

poeticsinglemama's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Read. This. Book. 

There were times I didn't want to keep reading it because I didn't want to be sad, but I also needed to keep reading it because I needed to know how their stories ended.  
It will take me a moment to digest this book because I just finished it, but I haven't had a book make me feel this many feelings in a long time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Racism and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault and War

joniholland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Racism

wherethewildreadsare's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Trafficking, Child abuse, Violence, Slavery, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death of parent

tnociti's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Confinement, Trafficking, Racial slurs, Slavery, Racism, and Sexual assault

jaynekernodle's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

I don't know why I didn't love this story. The end was beautifully wrapped up and the story was unique. But it just didn't shine for me. I can definitely see other people absolutely loving this story though, so I'd still recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism

Minor: Rape