Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

53 reviews

lucimolri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Menudo viaje!! Me ha encantado, de principio a fin!!

Hace tiempo que tenía ganas de leer el libro, con una portada llamativa, y una sinopsis interesante. Tenía las expectativas altas, pese a las reseñas tan mixtas que tiene el libro, pero decidí que este iba a ser mi última lectura de la spooky season, y wow.

Me parece impresionante que sea el primer libro de la autora y la verdad que me ha dejado con ganas de leer más de sus trabajos (que de hecho creo que hay una segunda parte de esta novela).

El libro está escrito desde los puntos de vista de una madre y su hija, las cuales podríamos decir que no tienen la mejor de las relaciones, ya que cuando están solas, la niña se comporta muuuy diferente a cuando está el padre. 
Suzette desde luego no es una madre perfecta, pero pese a las diferencias intenta hacer lo mejor posible por su hija. 
Hanna, no veo otra manera de describirla que diabólica. Me ha gustado mucho leer sus capítulos y ver el contraste de su mentalidad de niña y sus pensamientos tan retorcidos.

No quiero decir mucho para no hacer spoilers, pero me ha parecido una historia creíble, interesante y desde luego, spooky.

Si te gustó la Huérfana, disfrutarás mucho de este libro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sierrabowers's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was an interesting read. It was weird if anything, but truly depicts some of the children I see on a day to day basis. Unfortunately a lot of parents don’t have the resources that Hannah received and the situation ends up being worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

radtj's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

The first quarter of the book felt slow, but it really started to pick up in the middle, and the ending was… a mixed bag? Mostly good!
The whole book was basically a mother vs daughter scenario, and I really liked how the author wrote Hanna’s dialogue a majority of the time. You could also really grasp Suzette’s heart-wrenching feelings, being at war with the kid who’s supposed to love her. It really takes into perspective how parents strive to be perfect and constantly compare themselves to other “more perfect” caregivers, when everyone is really just figuring it out. The flow of the plot also felt very natural based on the chain of events happening!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kay_chan's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Characters were infuriating, creepy, and 1000% sus. Great horror aspects, just wish the plot actually *lead* to something. Cliffhanger warning*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Chronic illness and Emotional abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization

justacowboy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

What a wild ride. 
This story really isn't about some creepy kid being creepy for the sake of it, but it follows a mother and daughter who are both mentally ill. 
A woman fighting with the guilt of no longer enjoying motherhood, while a girl tries to "save daddy" from her "evil witch" mother's love magic. Despite its "evil witch" mentioning, I don't see this as a horror at all. Yet, it was still a good read that left me speechless at every chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

aparker89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy wow! I could NOT put this down! This gut-wrenching, stab in the eye observation of a toxic mother/daughter relationship is addictive to read! In the end, it goes exactly how you think it will and it's SO SATISFYING! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

miamuller's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

alienexpert's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Forced institutionalization

kylosten's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Pacing was a little weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma

lars_'s review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Abandonment

There was some really uncomfortable

sexual scenes described from a child's perspective & then more sexual scenes acted out by said child