Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

453 reviews

emmacora's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death

uh_havey's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

annvalentine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I wish I'd had this book as a teenager 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Animal death and Suicide

the abuse is almost entirely verbal and emotional and mostly is recounted to the main character. there is a scene on page that is physical, but it's not in the traditional sense of hitting, kicking, etc. More details below. The abusive character does grip her child by the arm aggressively in order to control him.

Halfway through the book, in a chapter titled Like This, Aled's mother forcibly gives him a haircut despite his protests. It's a tense scene as Frances is there watching in horror. Afterwards, there is blood on Aled's hand from trying to stop his mother coming at his hair with the scissors

detailed animal warning:

In the chapter titled Burning, Aled comes to Frances' door sobbing uncontrollably because his mother had his dog put down while he was away at university. You can skip this short chapter without missing anything except that Aled's hair is a vibrant new color. The dog's death will be mentioned a few more times later on, always by characters horrified and angry at the mother.

viktorsaurus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

thetinysnail's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

graceheartsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

This book ripped my heart out in the best possible way. I related so much to Aled and Francis and their anxieties over college and figuring out who they were. I found Solitaire and The Nick + Charlie novella underwhelming so I was putting off reading the last two books I had to read in the Osemanverse…but I’m so glad I loved this one❤️❤️❤️

P.S. Carol Last needs to be thrown into the sun for all the pain she inflicted upon her children, please and thank you :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

kalebd_2125's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed this one. Lots of great commentary on fandom culture, hits different after what happened to Kit Connor. My one point of criticism is that some of the "texting" parts and Twitter post sections felt weird in audio but the narration is so good throughout I'm willing to overlook it. Any fans of Heartstopper should read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying and Emotional abuse

An abusive parent murders a pet dog.

thestarlesscasea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Stalking

ohwowlola's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

A rather non-stereotypical YA novel with two struggling main characters and a big focus on the power of friendship. Heartwarming :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Child abuse

hannahcheney97's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts