Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman

4 reviews

wordsreadbydonald's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Child death

dev921's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mcooper's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is going to haunt me. So well written and raw, and hard to read cause of all the horrible topics that are dealt with but without it scaring me off. Definitely watch out for the triggers for this one if you're thinking about reading it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol