Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

86 reviews

varo's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

pearljanecatmama's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Incest

ksay's review against another edition

3.25

This book definitely needs trigger warnings. Very difficult to read at times, but also very powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

laura_cat's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Perhaps the most deeply disturbing book I’ve ever read. This book has extremely graphic descriptions of violence and cruelty and I had to skip ahead at times to avoid some of them. I am relieved to be finished with the book. It’s well-written but I’m not convinced that all of the scenes and disturbing imagery were necessary, and I wonder if this detracted from the impact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bellaraynebow's review against another edition

The story was good as far as I got, but unfortunately very quickly there was a SA scene that I did not handle well and I couldn’t continue reading. It went into a lot of detail that I did not expect and was not willing to continue at all. I’m sure it was a great book, but not for me. 

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Content Warnings

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

catherinebruns's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

harning12's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

katherinejayne's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

4.0

This wasn’t a pleasant read but it was impactful. 
It showed the complexity of relationships and emotion, and how we don’t always do what is best for us at first. 
The story is brutal but the writing makes you want to know how it ends for Turtle/Julia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

quileee's review against another edition

dark emotional

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

mi_chellewong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the most gut-wrenching book i’ve read in a really long time. this book actually insane.

turtle’s stockholm syndrome combined with the utter terror of a monster that is her father make this book so incredibly terrifying and sad

and yet i could not put it down because i needed to know that turtle would be okay. the way tallent writes turtle’s thoughts and how she

begins to reshape her beliefs

is so beautifully and tragically done. the two things i would say about this book- i feel like the last chapter was missing something. maybe it’s my own want for a tidy ending but even then it felt like it left too many things unsaid. also, what high schooler talks like brett and jacob do 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood