Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The End of Eddy: A Novel by Édouard Louis

22 reviews

bbrbck's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Xenophobia

meredithbrown's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Racial slurs, Violence, and Islamophobia

blueforblues's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Islamophobia, and Gaslighting

thesoftestcowboy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

sudenkirjat's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Violence

juicewrld999's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Very real and very heartbreaking. Interesting to read about a traumatic childhood from a sociologic perspective, some interesting insights. The author went through so much, and does a very good job articulating how he may have felt. His words are clearly his weapons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

alexture's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Homophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Séquences détaillées d'actes sexuels entre ados et enfants.

astridrv's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

I have seen the author compared to Ernaux, and I can see why. A troubling account of poverty, bullying, and homophobia from a narrator whose conflict with social and gender roles in his family and village provided him with a self aware analytical gaze on social behaviours and class patterns. However, none of it felt as novel and thought provoking as I expected, given that this book was all rage when it came out. The writing is unremarkable, which feels almost rude to write, but remains important to me as a reader. The story matters, but is banal - arguably, that is why it does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Vomit, and Car accident

milla_lebouton's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Violence

achillea's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

no

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia