Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele

14 reviews

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Racial slurs

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cassiecarola's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bleepbloop's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Animal death

jillaay_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cardaisy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed it, it was the perfect thing to pick up every so often and listen to a couple stories, I think I'm going to have to start listening to more anthologies

My two absolute standouts were Eye and Tooth by Rebecca Roanhorse (fantasy, monster-hunting siblings both with different specialized abilities) and The Rider by Tananarive Due (sisters taking a bus to join the freedom riders but things don't go as planned, spooky ghosts and some cathartic karma), both were 5 stars for me but for different reasons and I'm definitely going to be checking out more by both authors

1. Reckless Eyeballing: 3
2. *Eye & Tooth: 5, so freaking good!! I would read an entire book about these siblings and I'm definitely going to be checking out more by Rebecca Roanhorse
3. Wandering Devil: 3
4. *Invasion of the Baby Snatchers: 4, honestly wasn't expecting to like this one just based on the concept but both the writing and performance were very engaging and I really enjoyed it
5. The Other One: 2
6. Lasiren: 3.5, made me cry :(
7. *The Rider: 5, fantastic!! The tension,, the atmosphere, the pacing, just everything was done so well with a great pay off at the end 
8. The Aesthete: 1.5
9. Pressure: 2.5
10. *Dark Home: 4, so glad the dog didn't die
11. Flicker: 3.5
12. The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World: 3.5
13. The Norwood Trouble: 3
14. A Grief of the Dead: 2.5
15. *A Bird Sings by the Etching Tree: 4, I love a story from the ghost's perspective 
16. An American Fable: 3
17. *Your Happy Place: 4.5, you have an idea of what it's going to be from the beginning but it's just superbly well done 
18. *Hide and Seek: 4.5, this stressed me the fuck out, very creepy at times
19. Origin Story: 2

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

kingsteph's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

p_ttyb_tch's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

distinct lack of shivers going down my spine. i don't know if i would class many of these as horror, per se, but there's value to be gleaned from each story in their own way :) 

the star of the show by far was The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World by Nalo Hopkinson! god, but she shines. 🌟

honourable mentions:
Invasion of the Baby Snatchers by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Lasirèn by Erin E. Adams 
Flicker by L. D. Lewis 
A Grief of the Dead by Rion Amilcar Scott

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, and Pregnancy

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

A smorgasbord of the best voices in Black Horror, there is a variety of stories that focus on a diverse set of fears. Even the stories that I was not entirely enthralled with were still  impressive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexism, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Slavery, Dementia, Kidnapping, War, and Deportation

The trigger warnings are numerous and featured in specific stories.