Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Wer die Nachtigall stört... by Harper Lee

38 reviews

asimpson7's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

4.0

Such an interesting read. It really makes you think about how it would be like to live in that time. As I could not imagine thinking people who aren’t white are not equal to me. I know non-whites still face racism today. But to think of how they were treated back then is just awful. But I liked that Jen, Dill and Scout all thought it was wrong what they were doing to Tom Robinson. It shows childhood innocence and that people are taught to be racist they aren’t born that way, and because their father hadn’t raised them to be they weren’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Antisemitism

vibingjaren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

A beautifully written book. I was assigned to read it for my English class, and I was amazed to how much I ended up liking it. The beginning was a little slow, but after it got really good. I especially love the writing of Boo Radley and Scout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

themadbloodstone's review against another edition

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

5.0

This is another reread for me and it is still as good and adorable and powerful as I remember. The themes still hold up to this day and Scout Finch is an iconic female character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Incest

tessbookcorner's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

gloria_zeee's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Read for school, now one of my favorite books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Classism

calicat42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

pabi's review against another edition

dark funny informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

i usually wouldn’t find myself rating a book i read for school so high, but i think this story deserves it. 

there’s so many layers to this story and so much to unpack, so i’ll just say that i genuinely enjoyed it. i know it’s controversial, but i really did like it. i laughed and cried and i think it was very reflective in many ways. the character development was incredible, but also i guess that’s the point of the story. the way scout reflects on her story at the end from a different perspective gave me a very strong sense of completeness. i’m sad after reading this, but also i feel ready to go into my english class tomorrow and reflect on it.

definitely a reread ✅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment

anika_mae's review against another edition

hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

solid_circle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse