Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

61 reviews

sauvageloup's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

a really beautiful read with a lot of poignancy.
pacing felt a little slow in a couple of places but that was part of the charm.
loved the mix of depicting the time periods racism, lily dealing with the loss of her mother, the goings on with August, may and June, and the beautiful descriptions of them and the surroundings and the bees.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Child abuse, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Racism, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment

laurajenkins's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.75

Lots of idolatry, which made parts of it difficult to read. Spiritual abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Hate crime, Death, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

rogier_vdw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Child abuse

kamrynharned's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

A book I KNOW I will be re-reading.  I borrowed a copy from a friend, so I couldn’t mark it up, but I think that it’s for the better as I will be able to slow down and appreciate the prose so much more the second time around.  It’s so rare to find a character-driven book that is so gripping and such a page-turner.  I found myself skipping ahead to find out what would happen because the suspense felt so real. Lily was written so well as a 14 year old girl - smart, outlandish, stubborn but highly emotional and longing for love.  Her finding love is just too sweet to bear, and the longing for her happy ending kept me entranced the whole book.  So many pieces of this book were just genius - the bee facts that tied into the story line, the wailing wall, Our Mother of Chains, and the civil rights backdrop that tugged your heart strings without coming off as preachy. I want an August for myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

miacorkum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racism, Mental illness, Death, and Child abuse

theabee's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

sari_lyr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

itsy719's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Slavery, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

emmyhall's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Mental illness

andrewhatesham's review

emotional 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

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Suicide, Death of parent, Medical content, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, and Gun violence