t3ddyr3ads 's review for:

Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I was shaking reading the last few chapters. I wanted to cry most of the book. This story sounds very similar to my own family -- true to the rural east in times gone by. What an exceptional writer, to make emotion so raw that was only fiction; it was certainly real for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism