Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Mehr als das by Bettina Abarbanell, Patrick Ness

57 reviews

arlorees's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

I struggled with the first 70 or so pages feeling slow or like not much was happening, but when the first of many plot twists occurred I couldn't put it down. Give it a chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Blood, Gore, and War

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this book is very well-written, the story keeps you guessing the whole time. part one felt too drawn out and I took ages to read it, but part two had me hooked! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

didabean's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't usually write book reviews so bear with me.
I have mixed feelings about this book, it wasn't what I expected but I think it's better to go in a little blind.
I liked the story. even when it felt predictable I was still engaged and didn't want to put the book down.
but what really put a bad taste in my mouth is the way regine is written. it feels like the sassy/angry black woman + sidekick trope to me and I think she deserved better. I understand that racism and fatphobia are a part of her story, but some of the lines ness wrote about her size and race were off putting to me, specifically when they weren't talking about her backstory. I'm not sure how to word it and I haven't seen many others talk about it, but I almost dnf'ed the book bc of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Child abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

skye_parker1's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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: Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

sopje's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

goldyyy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

morgda_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

beautifully written. honestly i thought the present tense would be weird but its so good!!!!! love the characters and the philosophical aspects and the writing style, all around just a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse

main character kills himself, side character is abused

_kathill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

There were plenty of elements that I enjoyed about this book: suspense, general plot and tropes, the feeling of “more than this” that was provoked by wanting to know what happened next. A few things like character development (Tomasz’ english was a big one) could have been better for me. Overall a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Gore, Homophobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Gun violence

matthewreece's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Outing, Self harm, Confinement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

jolibon4e's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The world built was somewhat derivative, and while the general idea is solid, at the end I am left with too many questions and uncertainties to like it.

Like, what was with all of the coincidences? Is it a made up world or not at the end? Why did the driver heal him? What is the driver? Is there any hope in either of those worlds?? Kind of, even philosophically I don’t see the point of things. Also, I like Tomascz, but he does not sound like a kid, and not a Polish kid that learned English from movies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Blood