Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

65 reviews

leannanecdote's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

typedtruths's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

ashley_turch's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Literally could not put this down. I was captivated the entire time. I LOVE a multiple POV and this did it so well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Violence, and Death of parent

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I enjoyed this novel, which used a group of a few young women to paint a picture of existing as a young woman in modern-day Korea...a world of inequality, plastic surgery, but also moments to hope and strength. I quickly became invested in the characters' lives, and my main gripe was that the ending fell a bit flat, leaving it more of a vignette than a full narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

arieslofi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

risemini's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

chiar_'s review

reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage

milanaradic's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexism

dauhns_booklist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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 book written by a Korean-American woman that takes place in contemporary South Korea.

Five young women who all live in the same low-income building each struggle to live their hectic lives in Seoul. Each of the five women represents major social issues for Korean women, and women in general, such as sex working, plastic surgery and impossible beauty standards, domestic abuse, discrimination in the workforce, infertility, and poverty.

Although the book deals with extremely heavy issues, it doesn’t delve too deeply into the negative aspects, and instead focuses more on the bonds between the women and how they support each other. I really liked that about this book, and I think without it the book could’ve been quite difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, and Violence

desireewoodwhite's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Death