Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Four Minutes by Nataliya Deleva

9 reviews

ramramyum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I wish I had elaborate words to explain my feelings about this book, so I will leave this instead:
I cried and it hit home, from the Eastern European culture to the hardships found in those countries, it is nice to be seen, even on a tangential note.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Child death and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion and Sexual violence

morepeachyogurt's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse

bookedbykiki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.25

Moments and recollections of the life of woman who was once an orphan in Bulgaria.

I expected this to be a short read but it was far from that. Partially because it’s exam season/end of the semester and partially because the subject matter was so heavy.

This story feels cohesive to me but the “chapters” or stories don’t follow a particular timeline. Some of the stories are of outside people but relate to the main narrative. The language is simple but holds a lot of weight.

This book is sad, not crying sad but this sometimes overwhelming melancholy feeling, like there’s a void in you heart or soul. Adoption and they adoption system is complicated, controversial and the ones who suffer most are the children placed in it.

At times I was hoping for more, and the end confused me a little bit. But I think this is a book you need to read a few times over to fully experience everything within it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racism

kaleighbasso's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia

emkni's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

larqspur's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Incest

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual assault

lunmione's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Excrement, Trafficking, Homophobia, Animal death, Child death, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Abortion

emilyacres's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Sexual violence

filaughn's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence