Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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73 reviews

bxnnny's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

i enjoyed the story and the characters, though it was hard not to see the similarities to another book by this author called mister magic. i'm definitely seeing a bit of a pattern here!

it was fairly obvious right away what was going on but i was kind of hoping it would go in a different direction, though i'm not sure where. the ending was very quickly wrapped up though, which sucked, and i was deeply upset about a certain character's demise (if you know, you know...). still, it was an enjoyable, fairly quick read, though i don't think i'll read any more by this author as her books are just too similar to one another!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Child abuse

peppypenguin's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 

In the acknowledgments, the author writes that this book is a “scream of rage”. In hindsight, you can glean that from the writing. There are many injustices in the story and in the characters’ pasts, and all the emotions that come along with this. I think the characters were archetypical but great to follow nonetheless. Villains are doing their villain thing, but while only one is given depth, the point is that they represent an overarching wrong, and while you can understand how it got to that point I don’t think there’s meant to be room for sympathizing. 

The mystery reveal was well-paced, as was the overall plot. I really liked the characters, though sometimes they felt a little hollow. The author did do a solid job giving background and motivation where needed. 

Overall, really enjoyed this. Kept me on my toes and anxious for the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, and Lesbophobia

remy_licked_my_book's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

I felt like I was missing a story. There seemed to be a lot of back story to each character that kept being sort of explored but not. That's the reason it's not a 5 star for me. Outside of that I liked the flaws of each character. I do think this story couldn't have been fleshed out deeper and made longer but it was a neat little thriller with great twists until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide and Lesbophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and War

unluckycat13's review against another edition

dark hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

The book is overall a pretty enjoyable supernatural horror. It avoids a lot of the tropes of both the slasher and battle royale genre. A lot of the characters are surprisingly likable even when they are a bit less educated on things like LGBT issues or race which is rare in fiction in general. The main thing that takes this down for me is the ending is so drawn out and unresolved. It still felt like Mac was 'deferring responsibility' in her solution so to speak, when taking responsibility was such a main part of her arc. A lot of the ending feels like it was making things up as it went along. 

It was a strong point for me that it wasn't a gross book despite being horror. Overall decent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Gore

nnylelocin's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

furiosa_2193's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

snaggy95's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.0

The concept of murderous hide & seek is always intriguing & this book was enjoyable enough. I only gave it 3 stars because it irks me when characters happen to stumble across something that spells everything out for them. It's the cliche of the villain telling the victim their master plan & ultimately ruining things for themselves because of it. Some of the characters were annoying, but that's okay because they're meant to be. The dynamic between characters is fun to see unfold & it raises the stakes to see who, if any, of them make it out alive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

emalda's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and War

mlgallaher's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Murder