Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Human Sacrifices by María Fernanda Ampuero

20 reviews

valtherizzle's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

These stories are brutal, check CWs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

ssinforshort's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

chavonnwshen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

moscat's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

First up, CW for graphic violence and sexual violence towards women and children. This is a very powerful collection of short stories, unflinchingly brutal, and horror in the realest sense.  The stories play with the supernatural to varying degrees but the true horror is the actions of people, mostly men, towards the marginalised. Reminiscent of Mariana Enriquez.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

howlinglibraries's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 What a gorgeous, unsettling, heart-wrenching collection of stories. This book won't be for the faint of heart; it contains a tremendous amount of difficult content and is layered with endless metaphors for rape culture, colonization, racism, and more — but if you feel comfortable taking it on, it will be well worth your time.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Certainly a book full of violent stories. I wanted a lot of them as full, stand alone books! But there were definitely some flat stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, and Infidelity

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Classism

tw for necrophilia didn’t think I’d ever have to say that 😐

kerishma's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

"Almost there" is how I'd describe this collection. The prose is beautiful and visceral, and the premise for for each story is compelling, but I feel like most of them ended too hastily and felt a little underdeveloped.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia

lorie266's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I feel that sometimes I forget that horror does not have to be creepy monsters, ghosts or psycho murderers. There is horror in the things we make and see as mundane, in the day to day lives of so many people. It was both heartbreaking and heartwarming to see these stories written, sold and advertised as horror because that’s exactly what they are. Eres una escritora magnífica Ampuero y te agradezco de todo corazón por esta obra de arte!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

lady_oracle's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Infertility, Excrement, Vomit, and War

cashleykate's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.25

I went into this thinking it was a COMPLETELY different book of a similar name, but with how dark things started out, I didn't even consider I got the wrong one. That being said, I really enjoyed all the stories in this collection. The first one really grabbed me as it reminded me of the movie 'Creep.' If you are wanting horror with a different point of view, a little more raw and rough, this is the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape