Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

14 reviews

paxtyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Car accident and Suicide

kerryamchugh's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Abandonment

shirakotoko's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

Yvette Nichol is my wife

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, and Death

longhornrach's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Car accident, Child death, and Infidelity

princess_azula's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Another fantastic mystery, twists and turns around every corner! The way the book and the characters discuss life and all it’s beauty and messiness is so thorough and beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Suicide, Body shaming, Murder, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Car accident

saricostanzo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

kaitlinonfire's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I really like this series and had read some out of order. I thought The Brutal Telling was phenomenal! There's a lot to like in A Fatal Grace that's a common thread in the series (small town appeal, the mystery unfolding,  a motley crue of locals, lovely prose), but this one made me physically cringe and not in the way the author intende. The fat phobia is INTENSE right off the bat, from the author not just character perspectives. There some other off color comments early on that I think just didn't age well. Approach with a grain of salt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt

mtnest's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Infidelity, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Murder

abbeysoffel's review against another edition

emotional mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse