Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

38 reviews

b0tecia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

kathleen glasgow is my favourite, 5/5 star feeling after reading this. just make sure you check the trigger warnings before reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent

janika96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

Definetly a tearjerker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

emomixtape's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

I absolutely loved this. Dinged half a star because some of it felt a touch preachy, but overall an excellent exploration of grief. Glasgow is amazing at really tapping into and acknowledging pain and offering hope that doesn't feel sugar-coated. Also, horses do help cure most things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide

sivujensankari's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

sophie22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

ashbcgc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

michaela999's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jelenabts7's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

anielabooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was definitely a book about the grieving process. I suggest anyone considering reading this book to check  the trigger warnings beforehand. While I was not the target audience Glasgow wrote for, I did find this book very important; I think everyone should expose themselves to this type of writing at least once in their lives. In my experience reading “How to Make Friends With the Dark” I learned so much about the foster system, among other parts of the lives of orphaned teenagers. This book truly leaves you seeing people differently and wondering who around you could have a difficult life at home.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

rebecca_77's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse and Self harm