Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

6 reviews

melovesbooks's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

1.0

Had to read it for school

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

thebookfetishist's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

Hated the portrayal of women (served only the men, didn't have personalities on their own) I know, that no female character could be considered a main character in this particular book, but come on, there are authors out there, that can still give their side (female) characters/less important (female!) characters a way better fleshed out personality compared to whatever this was. Also, hated the frequently occurring overly sexualised descriptions of women. 
Crime mystery was pretty average, not much tension going on towards middle/end part of the book, although I have to give it to the author, the beginning did confuse me quite a bit and made me curious. Unfortunately, he failed to keep the tension through the entire book, so it ended up falling kinda flat for me. 
The writing style was most of the time very beautiful, some very nice descriptions and metaphors going on. Additionally, I was able to learn quite a lot of Southern Slang and generally some new words I haven't heard about before, as someone who isn't a native English speaker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

sunmoonstars's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Gun violence

evax89's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kbratty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

rainydayswithbooks's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Blood