Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Split Tooth, by Tanya Tagaq

12 reviews

ikomena's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Gore, and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt

stavzilla's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Dark and disturbing. Poignant and engulfing. Highly recommend the audiobook version - it is read by the author and includes vocalizations and gives an added layer of depth. See content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide

mapscitiesandsongs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I don't really know how to rate this, since I have the feeling that I didn't even understand half of the book. The prose was certainly interesting and beautiful. I am a bit sad that I couldn't get the audiobook. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Colonisation, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Blood and Grief

kay_raichu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It's an amazing novel that manages to incorporate prose organically. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Incest, and Suicide

heatherdavies's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I'm not sure I entirely "got" this book. Some parts were beautiful and descriptive. Others were dry and pretentious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Colonisation, Murder, and Violence

sarahaf712's review against another edition

CSA

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Genocide

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

Damn this was a lot heavier than I thought it would be.

Rep: Inuit female MC, queer side characters.

CWs: Adult/minor relationship (unwilling minor), blood, child abuse, colonisation, misogyny, pedophilia, physical abuse, pregnancy, racism, racial slurs, rape, sexual assault, sexual content, sexual violence, violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Violence

cliffhangerbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

 

Tanya Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer; this was her first written piece, published a few years ago. Both biography and fiction, poetry and prose. The author moves through her childhood in Nunavut, the terrifying memories of residential school and coming of age. 

 

The northern lights are as much a character of this story as any critter in it. Interspecies love & surreal landscapes mark the Tagaq tale. Equally brutal and triumphant, this is a beautiful tale. 

 

TW: all you can imagine. Rape, death by illness, child abuse, abusive relationship. So be cautious if you are feeling fragile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Toxic relationship

rotfaced's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A deeply visceral and at times deeply upsetting story. I listened to it as an audiobook, which was recommended to me and which I would highly recommend as well; Tanya Tagaq lends her unique and beautiful narration to the text, bringing each poem, reflection, story and song to genuine life through her intimate and delicate vocalization. Between each chapter is her throat singing, which adds a new layer to the story as well. While I would like a physical copy of the book to revisit portions which stood out as poignant to me, I don't know if I would have enjoyed the experience as much had I began with the text. 

I found myself enraptured by the first 2/3rd of the book, engrossed in this world so unlike the one I inhabit. The final acts left me feeling deeply sad and even disturbed, but the journey through these segments was worthwhile. This book is very poetic and meant to invoke reflection, if not empathy; I encourage readers to approach it with no expectations and allow Tagaq's lyrical way of exploring life to animate itself in their mind. 

This is a book I couldn't stop listening to; I finished it in hours I carved out my day, finding every excuse to continue the story. That said, I do think it's worth pausing to reflect on scenes and chapters, especially if you feel you did not understand them (or, alternatively, if they resonated deeply with you). It is a heavy story, and with all heavy things, we must pause to rest between carrying them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Murder, Drug use, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Cancer

eafiu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism