Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Antarctica by Claire Keegan

5 reviews

pheebabeeba_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love the way each story immerses you to a different place and time. Every story ends up having their own grim twist or start. I love that each setting is either in a rural area or the countryside. I really gives each story a sense of insolation and community, the fact that you can only see few people in your daily lives. It draws out a lot of intense feelings, like loneliness, longing, depression, fear, complacency. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Rape and Murder

veposve's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

withlivjones's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

An eerie and unsettling collection of short stories. Some of the prose is so well-crafted and stunning. There were one or two skips in the collection, but most of the stories were really strong and have got me completely hooked on Claire Keegan’s writing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and Murder

brookelc4's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

hollyrebecca's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Lyrically written stories that speak to the darkness in humans, their faults and dreams. Each was so well written, but some of these stories will never leave me: Antarctica, The Ginger Rogers Sermon, and Sisters 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury