Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter

29 reviews

bekieboo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and War

courtneym93's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse

lauren023's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

A disappointment. I was very excited for this book but it was tedious and I had predicted the outcome already within the first fifty pages. The characters spent a lot of time fighting which didn’t add anything to the plot and would have cut the book down by half.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

kolee_c's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, and Suicide

eleanormf's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Child abuse and War

beccaand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Dementia, and Car accident

phil266's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.75

Great book! Twists are insane. Liked the format of it being like a series of evidence. Fun read!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, and Death of parent

maschenleserin's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

plutoleahh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Blood, Dementia, and Gaslighting

mikaiten's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and War