Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

677 reviews

atringas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pamnc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rytaylor's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Yeah this one fucked me up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahliz__'s review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Alcohol

any_direction's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, and Self harm

s_poss22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Vomit

brianna_kai's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

sambavi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Very fast-paced and had me hooked. I was hoping the twist at the end would have came in a bit earlier, it felt a bit late and not as well developed. 

The end made me think about whether children can be inherently evil and correction facilities for kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Violence

siddydakiddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

jamielo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Alcohol