Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

48 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Mental illness, Animal death, Abandonment, Bullying, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Car accident

metalllheart's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

pariah101's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse

lma41's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This was a lot of fun, my second C.J. Tudor book and I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for more of hers.

I really enjoyed all of the overlapping mystery plots that ran throughout this, and the tension maintained throughout. Great characters that were easy to get attached to, but complex and mysterious at the same time. I loved the small town setting, the historical witchy/occult vibes, and some of the wider themes explored.

My only minor criticisms is some unnecessary romance plots that for me felt a little forced in there, but thats a personal preference and they were very minor parts of the story. And secondly, there's the whole main character knows something we don't but won't tell us plot throughout that I normally find quite irritating in thrillers, but tbf I didn't mind it so much in this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Violence

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse and Stalking

maisiedodds's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

beautifulnarcissus's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

bluejayreads's review

dark mysterious

3.75

This book is sad, dark, and incredibly intense. It goes hard on the mystery elements, and even though there's some hints of the supernatural, most of it is entirely human. Everyone has secrets, the question is just how they fit together. I called several of the twists at 51% of the way through, but I didn't spot all of them, which surprised me. There's heavy questions about whether people can be truly inherently evil or if "good" and "evil" are defined by our actions and everyone has the capacity to choose. I didn't expect to like this one very much, but it was surprisingly good. I didn't adore it, but I did enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Child death

Minor: Pedophilia

Romantic partner death, unreality

zeeck07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia