Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman

2 reviews

lancemama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Classism, and Alcohol

innerweststreetlibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a disturbing bunch of weird, creepy, dark and sometimes sexy stories. Lots of monsters, of the human and the fantasy kind. The one I liked best was about the hotel cleaner in Hollywood who tended the fish ponds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Torture, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail