Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

26 reviews

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

cikureads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

3.5

I wanted to like this book so much more than I actually did. It should have been a powerful tale of love, hope, loss, and joy. Yet, I didn't feel most of these things while reading it. If anything, I kept feeling that the emotions were told from a great distance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death and Rape

jillaay_h's review against another edition

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

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

jennipea382's review against another edition

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

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

brookiet1220's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

This historical fiction novel takes readers on a journey through the Caribbean in hopes of reuniting with the children that were separated from her.  While the set up for most of the reunions are unbelievable, the emotion behind each is no less meaningful.  The most heartbreaking of the reunions was with Cherry Jane.  It was poignant because while Rachel accepted her daughter’s view of herself, the sting of rejection isn’t any less. The dialogue was written in a way readers might suspect slaves to talk.  The pacing was impacted by the descriptive writing at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Slavery

mamagoose_oc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

nightowlreader46's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence