Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin

3 reviews

paris_olivia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Hate crime, and Pedophilia

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Animal death

oliviastewart716's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

This is so well-done and interestingly written. It feels like reading fiction. However, it is incredibly brutal to read. The graphic depictions of abuse, assault, and trauma seem endless. Check content warnings! The foreword provides great perspective from the author and how she sees her life after all of this trauma. I think I got a lot more from that and would read a whole book just from her “current” perspective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Pedophilia

Minor: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

readingpicnic's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Incest, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Vomit, Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, and Hate crime