Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

102 reviews

tessmack's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape

sarabaier's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Graphic: Chronic illness, Torture, Medical content, Body horror, Physical abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Suicide attempt, Death, and Self harm

bibliofritz's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

regans's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

trishalah_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Body horror

noel_b's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

5.0

This is a slow, atmospheric book about extremely fucked up family relationships. And a death cult 

Enriquez is so good at capturing the voice of different people from different places, eras, economic classes. Even the most monstrous characters feel pathetically human.

Even the most human character carry a monstrous threat

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

angela_iseli's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, and Violence

andalicesays's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Child death, Rape, Grief, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Murder, Slavery, Homophobia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Death, and Body horror

jacob_dion's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

careinthelibrary's review

slow-paced

2.0

This one had some good moments or scenes where the hairs on the back of my neck were triggered, but ultimately, it was too sprawling in PoVs and timelines for me to really sink into it. The book felt more like it covered these lives in breadth but not depth and that's never my preference. I did like how there were historical events and people interwoven in the book, that was well-done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident