Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

18 reviews

aus10england's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow!! One of the best short story collections I’ve read. Although all the stories are connected by threads… I really enjoyed piecing the stories together. The backdrop of small towns really drew me to the stories, and I’ll be thinking about this book for some time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse and Death

bobisthecoolest's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.0

This is a weird book to rate. It’s an interesting concept and it was written well, but it feels like it could have been something more. It’s good, but it could have easily been great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

evareads2022's review

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Child abuse

antoniaodernein's review

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, and Car accident

magca's review

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

nickoliver's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a collection of short stories, but ones that were interconnected with each other in one way or another. For example, one story would be about a girl, and then the next about her sister. Or her best friend. And there were certain characters that were focal points in some stories and mentioned in passing in others. I listened to this on audiobook, and I think I might've seen the connections a bit more closely if I'd read it physically, just because I wasn't always 100% conscious of the characters' names. However, I really did like the way the stories were interwoven! It made it a lot more interesting, tbh.

I really enjoyed Hitchcock's writing and got really invested in the characters' lives. I did, in some stories, wish I got a bit of a satisfying ending, but I also knew that it wasn't unusual for short stories to not offer that, so it didn't make me mad or annoyed or anything. I definitely want to read more by this author! I would advise you to check out the trigger warnings before going into the book, though. There was a lot about sexual abuse of children in some stories, particularly sexual abuse by religious leaders. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, and Homophobia

bexh's review

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, and Violence

gabrielareads's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia