Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Where the Heart is by Billie Letts

13 reviews

heartfelthullabaloo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I read this book when I was in high school and let me just say I think I was too young. This is a tough read. Just go ahead and skip chapter 30, trust me, you don’t need to know the grim details. Anyways, Billie Letts has a knack for describing the most random things in such a specific way that it really brings the story to life, but it’s kind of the bad parts so you don’t really want those parts brought to life. Willy Jack was a piece of sh*t, I could not understand why we were still following his story. It all comes together in the end though. She needed to bring us through the hard times to show us that life goes on and there are good things on the other side. I’ve rarely encountered a stronger source of “found family” than this story, it was inspiring. But then an equally strong source of “stranger danger” makes it hard to decide, do you open up to people or not? Sometimes it’s really worth it, sometimes it’s really not. How do you know? Is it worth the risk?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

katherine_alexis's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia

sincerelykiwi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

adhdemon's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

it's an important read, but should NOT be part of a h8gh school curriculum 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

s13perry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

aroy011's review

emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

cheyraisin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

meganmaniaci's review

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

aproudmc13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence