Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Girl A by Abigail Dean

212 reviews

purpl_pages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Incredible book that delves into difficult subjects like child abuse and its aftermath. Follows “girl A”, the first girl found at the scene of the crime, as she struggles with managing her trauma in adulthood and remembers the sinister details of her upbringing in increasingly tense flashbacks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

natalierosy's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death

urreadtome's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

haykat's review against another edition

Book started strong but I felt like the adrenaline rush was lost over time. The energy just couldn’t recover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry

gabbyreynolds's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Mental illness

daydreamereyes's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

This was a hell of a ride of a read. From religious trauma and abuse at the hands of their father we follow Girl A and her interactions with her fellow siblings in adulthood following the death of their mother.  

Girl A was the one to escape, but so many of them handled it differently and it kind of talks us through their traumas and therapies but also their growth in themselves and their careers.  

Heartbreakingly well written it almost felt real which was truly devastating, I felt anger, pain and so much emotion for them.  What really got me was the shock twist at the end.  Having grown to love Girl A and her strength and especially one of her relationships with one of her sisters through the book I didn’t see this twist coming and it almost broke me. 

Although this was fiction, I feel it’s a vital read for all just like non fictions like Heather Morris’s war autobiography’s and Cathy glass autobiography’s of her ex foster kids as it truly encapsulates the privalege many of us live and how real these traumatic experiences can be for others who are perhaps being hid behind the curtain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

flodavies's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

Reverse chronology means you absolutely have to finish this book. It's an interesting read but not at all cheerful

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

paperbackghosts's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Child abuse

Minor: Child death

smg67's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

0.25

Hugely disappointing. I expected so much more from the hype. The book was difficult to read jumping from now to then and back again in alternate paragraphs in the same chapter. I also found it quite weird that occasionally Lex would talk obscenely out of nowhere and just for a single sentence. That felt incongruous! This book was hard work when all you really want from a holiday pick is relaxation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness