Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

9 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Murder, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, and Racism

estraat's review

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Infertility, Racism, Alcohol, and Addiction

radicalash's review against another edition

I may try again later, the book is beautifully written but with all the intense content around child abuse, kidnapping, and infant loss, I just couldn’t keep going. I was not compelled enough to push through at this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse and Kidnapping

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

I chose to listen to this book as it was on a "great on audio list."  I've heard better narrations, but the story was great.  I think I'd have liked it even better in print.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Racism, Dementia, Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Cancer, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Classism, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Violence

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book definitely dragged at times which is such a shame because I loved the overall concept and some of the passages had incredibly strong writing. The "twist" of the book is immediately revealed and the story takes the reader through what happened to the end that is hinted at in the beginning of the story. I loved this conceptually and I feel like it actually made dual POV work for me for once. Unfortunately several of the Joe chapters felt like they should've been cut or gone through another round of edits in my opinion. The Norma chapters were all strong and I loved her story, it hit home a lot for me as someone finding my biological family. Overall I will definitely read anything else Peters publishes but I will not be recommending this to everyone I meet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, Racism, Murder, Abandonment, and Abortion

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Cursing, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Medical content

brdwilliams's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Miscarriage, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Child death

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

i think the pacing in this is a bit off, but this is a really good book overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Racism, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

mthereader's review

dark emotional sad 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

2.5

Extremely heavy and sad sad book. Not much of a mystery or thriller so don’t know why it’s been labeled as such. Beyond the event where Ruthie gets taken (it’s right there in the blurb) there is no mystery to be solved. Definitely more of a family trauma saga.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Child death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Cancer

bookishmillennial's review

challenging dark emotional 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? No

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial 

I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed the narration of Aaliya Warbus and Jordan Waunch. This is a very slow-paced book with a focus on character vignettes and development. I didn’t think the “reveal” was particularly shocking or riveting because I had guessed it pretty early on. However, knowing the major spoiler framed my reading experience in witnessing one of the character’s suspicions and overall complicated feelings.  This book takes place over the span of 50+ years & you’re given two main characters’ first-person POVs through rotating chapters. Though it was a bit predictable, I enjoyed the characters’ voices and journeys so I would try another book by this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Grief, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Homophobia