Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

18 reviews

corriejn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

julesfrigault's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape and Self harm

galadriel07's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War

fedorasommora's review

lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

katievallin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, and War

laurenleigh's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I don’t think the execution here was quite enough for me. I found myself dragging through this at times, and I struggled to keep everything straight. Maybe the listening experience wasn’t as good as reading the print would have been. There’s only a tiny drop of magical in this realism, which leaves me wanting more. And the few magical elements were never quite explained well enough for me? I think the premise was cool, and I liked some of the historical elements, but it never quite came together for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Murder

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense

4.0

"A good story always begins with tea."

This story was more complicated than I had been expecting. There were cozy, hygge moments mingled with a darker, more emotionally heavy undercurrent throughout the story. The consequences of generational trauma are far-reaching.

Henry was funny in an unintentional yet realistic way, which made him charming. His humor helped to lighten some of the darkness in this book. 

Side note: Why did Madame Bowden say a curious incident occurred "in the eighties" but Martha says "in the sixties" when she retells the story?

4 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

adventuresinfictionland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was about everything I love about a book—the magical power to take you somewhere else. It was beautiful and a book that I will recommend over and over again and give out as gifts. 

If I could give more than 5⭐️ I would. This one is tied with one other as my favorite book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent