Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

11 reviews

seph268's review

I was too uncomfortable with the content 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gore

searobin's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-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

I was so close to DNFing this around 20-25% of the way through. It just didn't grab me at all, and I was still having a hard time getting to know the characters. I kept listening because I didn't have anything else ava lable at the library before catching a bus, and I'm glad I did! I really enjoyed how it all came together. Some parts of this had me grimacing through them, and others had me feeling so much for the characters. It was quite the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying

sam_plott's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Child abuse

abbeghoul's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

evhanson's review

dark sad slow-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: Gore, Blood, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

morag's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

You can tell this is one of Ward's first novels. It's rough, a lot of the themes and metaphors don't quite cohere, and for a book that is supposed to remind people of Hurricane Katrina, the hurricane feels like an afterthought. This one needed a little more polish to become truly great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Animal death

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use

mrsgilligan's review

Wasn't in the right head space for something so dark. May take it up again in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

n_asyikin_'s review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Written with incredible vividness, Ward has a truly a unique narrator in Esch. The effortlessness in expressions celebrates the malleability of language. I found myself gasping in awe at some passages. The cost of survival-needs induced by poverty through the loss of affection and hardening of the heart was explored, & depicted through parent-child & familial bonds - also, through the experience of first love. Although the lyricism did at times suspended the flow of the story (i.e. plot), it wasn't highly disruptive & the solid ending more than made-up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion