Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon

18 reviews

drymice's review

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Transphobia

Minor: Miscarriage and Xenophobia

somelesbianwriter's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Miscarriage, and Suicide

istaisa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

jijirich's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Outing, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child death and Rape

megelizabeth's review against another edition

2.5

Ugh, this book had so much potential and was then so disappointing (for me anyway). It started off strong and there are definitely aspects I really liked and appreciated - the key ones being the dream-like atmosphere, several of the relationships, the conversations around the intersex experience, and the coming-of-age thread to the narrative. It also does an excellent job of portraying the experience of missing out on girlhood, and that element truly broke me. 

However, several plot strands develop which I just wasn't a fan of and which I found to really take away from the wider themes, and I particularly despised how it's portrayed as completely fine for an adult man to go after a fifteen-year-old girl. And, while I did like the dreaminess of the writing, it really threw me off that this is marketed as an adult book and yet reads entirely like YA. Like, literally just write an actual YA book!!! So, unfortunately, this did end up being a miss for me overall, which is such a shame as it touches on some really important themes and did have such great potential. :(

(I would also strongly urge that, if you're reading this review and still wanting to give this book a go, PLEASE check the content warnings - it's extremely heavy in MANY different ways!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

qwends's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Murder

decie's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Outing

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

quinnjuliac's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

I listened to the audio book and am so glad I did. The narrator was wonderful and really brought Lori/Oto to life. It’s a very troubling story of emotional and physical abuse and abandonment of a child, but it is also a really wonderful story of how just a few affirming adults can change the course of a child’s life. I am a nurse and was so struck by the interaction the main character has with the school nurse as a child and what a massive impact that had on them. The characters will definitely be sticking with me!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

mitcheljhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide

bowden's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt