Reviews tagging 'Child death'

American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins

59 reviews

tkibbee17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

So much trauma 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Confinement, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Grief, Deportation, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Murder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Stalking, Sexism, and Gun violence

larissarose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Murder and Rape

mackenzieyabut's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Violence, Rape, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

perfectly_kyla's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Death, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Deportation and Miscarriage

christiansenmy's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Torture, Grief, Death, Child death, Deportation, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

paeten_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Deportation, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, and Rape

Minor: Deportation

ressicajicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Child death, Cursing, Deportation, Chronic illness, Stalking, Kidnapping, Murder, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infertility

mekowaletti's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Deportation, Grief, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Child death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Classism, Suicide, Miscarriage, Cursing, Injury/injury detail, Infertility, Cancer, Abortion, Sexual harassment, and Kidnapping

lwelch94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual harassment, Child death, Murder, Violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Abortion, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Deportation, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

thedolphinreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

An incredible book! I had a few problems mainly with the fact that words in Spanish are thrown in there to remember the characters speak Spanish. Overall an incredible book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape