Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

56 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

A memoir that was heavier than I expected. Touches on lots of topics so check trigger/content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Racism

bethebluebook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

daniela_cruz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Para alguém que tem tentado ler livros mais diversos este foi um bom começo.

Este coming of age graphic deixe-nos a meio de uma história com muitos altos e baixos de alguém que tenta o seu melhor mas que ainda comete erros, gostava de ter aprofundado mais algumas das relações mas acredito que esse fosse o objetivo.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

isul's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Lovely art. Heavy themes. Immediately sobbed turning the last page. 정말 좋다. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Child abuse

livbreading's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

chainingbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Racism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I thought this was such a beautiful read, mostly because I really loved the illustrations. I loved the way using one colour highlighted the textures and the blue theme matched the melancholy tone of the story perfectly - it's slow paced and it's a very personal coming of age narrative, dealing with some heavy themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, and Racism

Moderate: Body shaming

jialianyang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Lushly illustrated, a pensive coming of age book that touches on belonging, mental health, friendship, family and art. Read this if you are ready to dive into a memoir that will demand empathy and holding space for swirling emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Violence, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

rogue_leader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Booktalk:

Caught between her American upbringing and her Korean roots, Jung-Jin Lee, who goes by Deborah, is struggling with transitioning into high school. She is struggling with a mother who has unrealistically high expectations and falters between supportive and abusive. Deborah ultimately discovers her love of art and makes a new friend. This book is sometime hard to read but is a powerful look into what being an immigrant and a high school student can be like.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

starduststyx's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

As someone who's used to seeing Deb's colorful posters online it was interesting seeing that this graphic memoir was all black and white. It was absolute goregous and heartbreaking and I'm so so glad the library had this book. I hope more people who need to feel not alone can come across it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Suicide attempt