Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison

5 reviews

ceruleanseas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

aliciadietrich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Violence

Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse

bluejay21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Alcohol

amynbell's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

2.5

I started out thinking I was going to love this book, but then it just went on and on with the fighting, making dumb choices, and people dying. The setting is somewhere out west during the mid to late 1800s. A teen girl is left orphaned on a homestead and decides to dress as a boy to go find her brother who has already left home and is wanted as a bank robber. She makes her living as a sharpshooter, and when she finally catches up to her brother, it turns out that he's being a Murderous Robin Hood for Jesus. People justifying doing horrible things in the name of religion always grates. StoryGraph lists this as being a fast-paced novel, but I found it to be an absolute slog. I loved it at 20%, was tired of it by 40%, and was skimming it by 80%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ephemeralbreeze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse