Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

66 reviews

lady_n_beautiful_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

annevh's review against another edition

emotional informative tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

lauragracel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

gabimrr's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Emotional abuse

hallie_hey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

A heartbreaking story and an eye-opening account of the abuse that thrives in Mormon fundamentalism. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

elizabeth_ilean's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

laneyliz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

hannahalane's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

csimonsensays's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

latenightwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.0

Ruth Wariner has certainly lived a life worthy of being shared between the pages of a book. What an absolute ride this book was. As it's non-fiction, most of my opinions come only from my feelings for what happened to her throughout her life.

I feel not an ounce of sympathy for Wariner's mother, Kathy. I recognize she was put into a horrible situation at a young age, and did what she could with what she had, but my sympathies ended when she chose to return to her abusive husband, and to stay beside him throughout the vile abuse he inflicted on Wariner. To crave attention so much that you put your own happiness above the safety of your children is unforgiveable. Had she left sooner, no doubt would the tragedy that befalls the family near the book's end have been prevented.

My heart aches for Wariner, as well as her siblings who did not live to see the family's hard-earned freedom. It's a shame that events had to transpire the way they did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death