Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

160 reviews

annarenas's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

ainotah's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Transphobia, Blood, Alcohol

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy

evavstheworld's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 28%

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This was putting me in a slump, so decided to leave it for now. Might come back to it on audio. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Transphobia

avamaria90's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry

seedreads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I took this book randomly from the library - did not expect it to become one of my favorite books ever. I see conflicting opinions about the book, especially between the first and second part of the book. However, in my opinion, it makes sense that it is structured like that, and the different voices that process emotions and what has happened differently. I think Tequila Leila will stay with me for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder

shane_the_reading_rat's review against another edition

5.0

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this is now one of my favorite books of all time. the characters all felt so raw and real (my personal favorite was Nostagia Nalan), and of course Leila especially was one of the best main characters i have ever read. there are a few things i could see bothering some readers (strange pacing, much more focus on some characters rather than others), but personally those worked for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault

sukhic20's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad tense 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

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This book from beginning to end was such an amazing read. You won’t want to put the book down. From character development, learning the history of another culture, and the overall way the author uses language to perfectly describe places, things, people to make you feel so deeply. Love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence

gbmillar2002's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Shafak beuatifullly weaves narratives and prose to create Tequila Lelia’s story. This is a story that blends her experience of death and her life, whilst also exploiting the affects on her found family. The plot, characters and word choice is excellent, however i the reason why I have not given this novel 5 stars is because strong emotion was not evoked eg sadness, happiness etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism, Self harm, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, Trafficking, Death of parent, Alcohol

nyne's review against another edition

3.75

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Pregnancy