Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

4 reviews

maggie_falk's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest and Child abuse

Minor: Child death

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An awesome, spooky and twisty take on "Frankenstein." It was so good that I often forgot that it was a retelling. It's so good at standing on its own in that way. I feel like there isn't a lot that I can say about this book without giving stuff away - I went into it mostly blindly and all I knew was that it had creepy kids and that it was a Frankenstein retelling. That's all I needed. So, if that's all you need, pick it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Murder, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

Moderate: Fatphobia and Incest

Minor: Abortion, War, Self harm, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Excrement

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

If you love Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” you will really enjoy this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

There are descriptions of surgical scars and brainwashing, as well as some queer subtext.

mysterymom40's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

Moderate: Gaslighting, Confinement, Child abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Minor: Animal death and Child death

Eugenics, experimentation on people including children, mentions of scary monsters,surgery and mercy death on animals