Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan

6 reviews

pkc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

1mardynga1's review against another edition

Very graphic animal abuse content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

isobelheatxn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Eating disorder

lifexlindsey's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

This was a hard read. The idea is fascinating and the idea makes sense in terms of animal abuse moving to human abuse but it’s painful to read. Also, I think it’s supposed to be a lead into book two but I couldn’t tell you. The characters didn’t feel developed so when they died I didn’t really care. 

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Content Warnings

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

onegirlandtheworld's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

I found this book rather confusing at times and then it all wrapped up rather quickly. I think I might need to read it again to fully appreciate it. I can't say I liked any of the characters but I'm not sure you're supposed to? This wouldn't be my usual go to kind of book so it was good to branch out but I'm not sure I'd be recommending it to many people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

emmysan's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder