Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The End of Alice by A.M. Homes

29 reviews

spooky_taylor's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

I was not a fan, felt it went way too far into a very taboo topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Violence, Child death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Death, and Child abuse

always_a_reader's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape

catell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ismerene's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the toughest, most reluctant 5 stars I will ever give a novel. I hated every second of it and yet, The End of Alice excelled at what it set out to do.
Yes, the content that is described in the synopsis is present, and it pulls no punches; you know exactly what kind of novel you're in for from page 1. But it is far from cheap, and as the novel unspools in a beautiful-prose-with-horrible-words way, you find the narrator may not be as reliable as you thought, and that situations and memories are blending together, past and present. This is the first book that made me close it for a moment to collect myself (Second place for that honor belongs to Sister, Maiden, Monster's "brain honey"... HURK). I genuinely gave thought to putting it down permanently. 
There are no heroes here, only victims, and those who took their victimhood and turned it into outright evil. It is disgusting, intriguing, sad, and abhorrent. The ending is perfectly ambiguous. If you're looking for the most fucked up book that doesn't rely on cheap shocks, congratulations, you've found it. I will never touch this novel again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

beaverla's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child death, Rape, Murder, Incest, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

sapph1re's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Rape, Murder, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

hannah_allen's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Child abuse

amieleigh8919's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

charbookchar's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Homophobia, Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

vavocado's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault