Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

883 reviews

mirrorball06's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

musicmagician823's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content and Racial slurs

whatamidoing_rn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racial slurs

77mimi's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

oh delia, i don’t think you even knew what you wanted this to be — just so much excessive purple prose that desperately needed to be edited down (and this is coming from someone who enjoys dickens)

the non-linear structure was really unnecessary and didn’t at all help with my opinion of the book overall; i found myself entirely uninterested in what was occurring with the crime plot, even as it built up in the second part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

into_the_forest's review against another edition

Too sad and depressing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse and Bullying

I’ve heard so much about this book but it’s so sad and depressing, I couldn’t keep going.

emufries's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Alcoholism

sassyykassie's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

emnime's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Grief, Bullying, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, Hate crime, and Car accident

Minor: Infertility

shyleek's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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? No

4.75

I sat on this for 24 hours before writing the review. I don't have a lot of triggers, I can process things like a healthy adult, however this did bring up a lot of stuff. So to write a fair review I had to give my head some space. 

Growing up with Kya was a beautiful and sad journey all at the same time. She was so strong and overcame everything thrown at her but you couldn't help but think that she shouldn't have those things thrown at her to begin with.

Honestly the ending wrecked me. Because while I fully expected it, I didn't want to believe it.

I wanted to hold on to Kyas innocence.

This book will take you on an emotional roller coaster. If you can handle the content, I strongly recommend this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Racism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Confinement, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

quackquackbich's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Death

Minor: Murder