Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

124 reviews

grp101's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I liked it but it could be a little confusing with some of the head-hopping and random time jumps.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Sexual content

beth_simmons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

Beautiful writing, but hard to follow at times. It took me a while to get into it. Not a light read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Vomit, and Classism

amjone12's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Domestic abuse

suzanneelsa's review

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

first reread in Dec 2023. 

I love this book with all that I’ve got. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Child abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Classism, Physical abuse, and Torture

_rowan_'s review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, and Racism

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Rape, Police brutality, Bullying, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

mishumydog's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

best novel this year!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Xenophobia

Minor: Misogyny and Police brutality

gauriiii's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit

angelkisses's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Classism

Moderate: Child death

vetrina's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed this book, mostly because of its writing. The writing is magnificent. The brilliant metaphors, the repetition, and the non-linearness of the plot make the writing sort of dream-like. This book is slow-paced, detailing all of the small and big things that lead up to (and the consequences of) the big event described at the start of the book, The Death of Sophie Mol. The characters are well fleshed out and believable (even if some of them are horrible people). This book is also very melancholy and deals with a lot of tragedy. The descriptions of the tragedies are visceral and impactful, and they wonderfully reflect the consequences of things such as the caste system, gender roles, and childhood trauma. This book definitely isn't for everyone, but I'm glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Pedophilia, Child death, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Incest