Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

160 reviews

fiadini's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

damo_is_reading's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful sad medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Interesting premise. Felt it took a U-turn midway and ended up becoming something of a slapstick comedy.

Found the narration of the audiobook very grating when it came to dialogue. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault

piecesofamber's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Trafficking, Sexual harassment

christinaanna's review against another edition

2.0

sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Trafficking

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia

Minor: Self harm

fanchera's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm

caileyp's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I appreciated all the characters, but I almost wish it focused more on just a couple versus the five friends. I enjoyed Leila’s narrative the most because it was the one I knew the most about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking

emmalong's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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this book was outstanding. i was expecting to like it because i've liked two other novels of hers i have read, but i ended up loving it. i think Leila will go down in history as one of my favorite protagonists. i just want to love her and help her when the rest of her family won't. there is found family woven throughout this entire novel and it's beautiful. the description of food, cities, and people were amazing. i highlighted so much of this and got myself a physical copy because it's something i will definitely return to. i think the first half of the book was stronger, but i still really enjoyed how the story continued beyond Leila. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt

laure_frompariswithbooks's review against another edition

4.25

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage, Murder

elainetodd's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I don't usually like books full of sadness and violence but I couldn't put this down . Elif Shafak is an amazing story teller . Loved the found family of diverse and marginalised characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Grief, Classism

alanassine's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Rape, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Self harm