Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hello Girls, by Emily Henry, Brittany Cavallaro

20 reviews

cmshaw15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

lovetlr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Drug abuse

macaroniapie's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Drug abuse

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Overall enjoyed but didn't love this YA take on Thelma and Louise.

I liked the portrayal of female friendship and how empowering and healing it can be, but this theme could have been explored a lot more in depth. 

The abuse and abandonment experienced by the main characters is pretty harrowing. Definitely not a fluffy feel-good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Pedophilia

hwhite15's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Blood

shailana's review against another edition

emotional

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, and Child abuse

madisonmcd's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a lot of fun and kept me thoroughly engrossed. Certainly not the same vibes as Henry’s current books, but for a YA it was dark and twisty and gritty. There’s a lot of hope woven into a pretty tragic tale. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

madridom96's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder and Violence

bookcasey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense slow-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

2.5

I wanted to like this book, but somewhere around the halfway mark, I started to lose interest. Maybe it’s because of the theme (see summery), but the plot felt predictable and the character growth didn’t seem nearly as drastic as the narrator keeps telling us it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

missrosymaplemoth's review

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail