Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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22 reviews

edamamebean's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

coffeecass's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

quills4days's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

yasmin_raev's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Child death

lindarrighi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

joypirate's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Short and beautiful, like a dream. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Child abuse

othersociologist's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

ellecama's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment

imrereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

This novella is introspective ans utterly captivating. Our narrator is a young girl who is temporarily forstered as her mother is about to have yet another child. It's quite sad and slow-paced, dealing with heavy topics like grief ans neglect, but also safetly and comfort. Absolutely stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Grief