Reviews tagging 'Child death'

In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce

19 reviews

tallesttrees's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

the_pink_pharmacist's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Well this one is dark. I thought it interesting to have listened to the author’s post-word where she describes her book as being as close to what could have been as she could. It was pieced together from historic excerpts and a little bit of creativity based on the true story or serial killer Belle Gunness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

jbreyfogle's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Murder

dobbywobby's review against another edition

The narrator, Bella, is selfish and it’s hard to get over my dislike of her character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Murder

baearles's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

mmoran22's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility and Alcohol

aturb92's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Violence

kodi_rae's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Somehow fun and empathetic while also being gristly and tragic - it’s a worthwhile novel for true crime fans although I was disappointed to learn that a lot of the facts remain unknown. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy

asclafani's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

A slow paced book a sped through! Bruce slightly “humanized” (in the sense that I wanted to know WHY) a serial killer, extremely impressive! I think Nellie as a sister/character does a great job of paralleling the emotional side of what loving a horrid person can be like. Having her perspective changes made the book more raw for me, I think it made the book a more well-rounded story instead of just pure tragedy and anger on the side of Belle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Child death