Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

91 reviews

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

3.75

This is one of the just wild books I have ever read. There are scenes in this book that will never leave my brain no matter how much I want them to, and I'm not really sure how to feel about that?

Lol listen the characters were a bit hard for me to connect with, and I'm not sure I love the ending, and I was expecting something totally different but I also don't know why I was? I feel like this book left me with so many more questions than answers 😅 BUT it has stuck in my brain which is very difficult for a book to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

bratz's review against another edition

dark

0.5

a MALE author graphically writing about the sexual abuse of a 14 year old girl is very strange to me. the way he writes about this CHILD’S body is actually disgusting (

the end of chapter one and the period scene wtf????)

i’m shocked by the amount of positive reviews for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

ambermullins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, and Rape

wrens's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Christ. Jesus. Horrible and triggering topics in the story but incredibly well-written and compelling to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

varo's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

pearljanecatmama's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Incest

ksay's review against another edition

2.75

This book definitely needs trigger warnings. Very difficult to read at times, but also very powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

laura_cat's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Perhaps the most deeply disturbing book I’ve ever read. This book has extremely graphic descriptions of violence and cruelty and I had to skip ahead at times to avoid some of them. I am relieved to be finished with the book. It’s well-written but I’m not convinced that all of the scenes and disturbing imagery were necessary, and I wonder if this detracted from the impact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bellaraynebow's review against another edition

The story was good as far as I got, but unfortunately very quickly there was a SA scene that I did not handle well and I couldn’t continue reading. It went into a lot of detail that I did not expect and was not willing to continue at all. I’m sure it was a great book, but not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

catherinebruns's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence