Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

46 reviews

sammy357's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia

jbfletcher's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

I loved the little twist in the end! I think Paul Tremblay is really good in writing endings! 

the Stephen Graham Jones joke made me giggle!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

septi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

50shadesofrae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I have complicated feelings about this one, 95% of which would require spoilers to explain. 
The last third-ish has some issues for me, but overall it was a really fascinating autopsy of the exorcist genre? And the deep voyeuristic horror of it? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

holy_moly_colee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

This was a book filled with unexpected events and a lot of unanswered questions (and I don't know if that was a good or bad thing). It brought together schizophrenia, exorcism, documentary/ reality TV, teen angst, and deciet. I still don't know if the sister was pretending, mentally ill, or possessed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Murder

jaedia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

k20m13d's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

ghost_rider's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Minor: Self harm

musicmenagerie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Not as scary as I thought it would be, but thought-provoking. And, the ending really shocked me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit