Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin

5 reviews

redheadorganist's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault

voela321's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

I struggled to listen to this one and almost walked away at several points. The writing is very good if a bit over done at times and I was invested in the characters but the story is just so very awful. So many lives ruined in one 24 hour period. This book puts faces and names to a very harsh, tragic event and the decisions so many made that day reverberate across lifetimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Adult/minor relationship

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Medical trauma, and Sexism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Racism, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Mental illness, Infidelity, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Racism, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

laura_berger's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, and Racism

kukushka's review

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Racism

Minor: Cannibalism