Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

118 reviews

vineyivy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Violence, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Abortion, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

This book needed lots of CONTENT WARNINGS at the beginning. It was especially upsetting to me that the author uses , and if I had known that, I wouldn't have read it. It really seems like the author is using it as a way to link the characters, make things hard for them, and create drama. It wasn't handled with care and trauma-recovery in mind.

hematthews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Rape, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Stalking, Confinement, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, War, and Vomit

mkarina's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

Viiden tähden kirjan ei tarvitse olla minulle täydellinen. Tässäkin kirjassa oli kohtia, joista en pitänyt, mutta kokonaisuudessaan lukukokemus oli todella vaikuttava.

Rakastan tarinoita, joissa sukupolvien kohtalot kietoutuvat yhteen, varsinkin silloin, kun tarina kerrotaan naisista ja naisten näkökulmasta. Tässä vielä luonnon merkitys yhdistettynä sukupolviin vahvoja noitina pidettyjä naisia - ah, olin todella syvällä tarinassa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abortion, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Death

kpmille2's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Abortion, and Emotional abuse

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I had been seeing this book everywhere and I probably should have checked the trigger warnings. I highly recommend you do and I wish more people when advertising books did that.

The extremely graphic triggering part of the book doesn’t come in till like a third of the way through.

I liked the switching perspectives especially in the beginning. The chapters were short and there was a nice pace to the book. Toward the middle and end the chapters were long we and started to feel slow. The book was a bit predictable toward the end.

I did like the author’s writing style (although sometimes the dialogue got a bit cheesy) and would consider reading her future works.

What really irked me and took me out of the story is at the end Kate’s abusive ex-husband finds her and instead of immediately calling the police or her friend (which she later admits she should have done) she concocts this more complicated plan to hide in the attic.  I just didn’t understand why she didn’t ask for help earlier in that crisis.  Also I’m not sure why she came down from the attic, I would have phoned for help as the animals were attack Simon. I don’t intend to victim/survivor blame but rather point out that as a reader it took me out of the story because I was thinking “what are you doing?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Body horror, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual violence

clairelisebella's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Confinement, Alcoholism, and Classism

zgreyz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really like how everything connected throughout the book.  I thought i'd be more grossed out by all the bugs but surprisingly it didn't bother me, because of the context i think.  I really liked the writing. very trauma heavy though and have some mixed feelings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

Moderate: Sexism, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent and Forced institutionalization

brashknuckles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Rape, Child abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Stalking, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Torture

melissadawson79's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse