Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

15 reviews

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, and Lesbophobia

emerion's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

2.0

I only marked this down for my own records because I’m terrible with tension. However, if you aren’t, this is a very moving, scary, tense story, told from a unique viewpoint. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

fien04's review against another edition

I got scared…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

friendlyneighborhoodidiot's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Murder

thereaderfriend's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Felt slow and like majority of the book was filler

and that the killer had a lousy death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder