Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Emanet Çocuk by Claire Keegan

26 reviews

surdiablo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Beautiful and quite touching, one of those books where words unsaid or implied are just as important as the opposite. It's pretty much a quick read but I suggest taking it slow and pondering on everything. The prose was simple yet elegant, and the ending left me feeling quite emotional, but as is typical of me, when it comes to novellas, I felt like it could have used a bit more me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Child abuse

kenzielireads's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Racial slurs

booksawyer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Child abuse and Gun violence

sonlight21's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

emlibe's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse

lifesarosch's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Stunning and devastating. The reveal about the son, as well as is hinted about the girl...what she is able to do with that little space. Wow 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death and Sexual assault

so I read it as the girl was being sexually abused by her father, but that may not be a universal reading. It is obliquely referenced

torismazarine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pregnancy

oz2021's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Death

juliloops's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse

meshuganush's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It was a very short and fast read, and throughout it you get to see our main character open up and grow confident in herself and her worthiness of being loved. The author really captured the essence of the child, my favorite line in the book was probably "We go to the butcher's for rashers and sausages and a horseshoe of black pudding, to the chemists where she asks for Aunt Acid,.....", the line made me grin. The writing was beautiful and really captured the lilting Irish speech patterns well. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse