Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

39 reviews

helhas3letters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Engrossing, perceptive, beautiful. I cried floods of tears at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Dementia, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, and Alcohol

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I throughly enjoyed this book. From beginning to end the author had me totally enraptured. 

I felt for both of the Vignes sisters. As you follow one twin who decided to live as a black person and the other who decided to live as a white. I ended up feeling for both and the ending of this book felt appropriate as well. 

The author made such smart decisions in writing. It is so well done! My only critique is that I want more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

dnvrdnvr's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Transphobia

glammster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, Dementia, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Dysphoria

Graphic description of lynching

burnt_milk's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I'm so glad I read Nella Larsen's Passing before this as a foundational work. This is fantastic. It is an exploration of all these different people through generations projecting, escaping, not 'finding themselves' but clawing together and making selves anew, searching for where they fit in it all, always conscious of who they are seen by, how they allow themselves to be seen. It was horrifying with Stella - her strangeness of having two worlds she could inhabit but neither of them feeling like home. I really loved Jude and would spend a whole book with her if I could, and I wasn't expecting a happy ending for a character like Reese, or even for him to exist at all, so that was nice to see.
I wish we'd gotten more at the end but this was beautifully written and a joy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Dementia, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia

littlebells's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

natgzmun's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, and Xenophobia

islesbiyana's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

You can escape a town, but you cannot escape blood. Somehow, the Vignes twins believed themselves capable of both. / As they grew, they no longer seemed like one body split in two, but two bodies poured into one, each pulling it her own way.

➺ rating: 4 stars ★★★★☆
➺ trigger/content warnings: lynching, colorism, racism, domestic & child abuse, sexual assault, transphobia, racial slurs
➺ short RTC

She hadn’t realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for yo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia

carolynbruce's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia and Medical content