Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

6 reviews

karlyf615's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

0.5

Hey, quick question. What the fuck was this??

The mom was so fucking insufferable, oh my god. It’s “yes my son did something terrible but can you PLEASE get over it?” every other sentence. I feel like this book tried very hard to garner support and sympathy for pedophiles, even making light of the molestation and that does not sit right with me. Perhaps I’m a bit of an extremist but I do think they should all d*e 🤭 btw, I didn’t appreciate the twist. The dad being a secret pedophile when he could have just been normal and against pedophilia and utterly disgusted with his child? Lame and he should have k*lled himself too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Cancer

This entire book is about a pedophile, features a lot of brushing off/under reacting of the abuse, and almost victim blaming tbh.

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

cbressler80's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I mean wow…. I started this book feeling one way and ended it feeling another way.  It’s a hard read especially if you are a mom.  But it truly answers the question of how far a person would go for TRUE love.  That twist at the end.? Never saw that coming.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

snapeygan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I cannot put into words what this book made me feel. It COMPLETELY changed my view on the world, and now I don’t think I’ll ever be the same. That’s how much that book, with its writing, its taboo subjects, its less-than-perfect characters and just everything is powerful. From the moment I read the summary to the last page, I’ve been confronted to everything I ever believed in, and that’s exactly what I like, what I search, in books. I loved every minutes of it. I- I cannot write anything else about this book, I am way too busy being flabbergasted by it. It is, truly, an incredible book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty