Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Girl A by Abigail Dean

137 reviews

soobooksalot's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

"Don't you ever get tired," she said, "of hating them?"
 "Not really," I said. "No."
 Girl A is an example of where the premise of a book was more, for me, than the execution.
 I've had this one waiting on my TBR shelf for awhile. The story was interesting and well-written, but the pacing was off for me. 
 There are a lot of central characters in the troubled Gracie family that took a bit to differentiate, and much back and forth in time.
 It all comws together in the end, though!
 Girl A is ultimately worth checking out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

applepieandeve's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

emsbooks92's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

notlikethebeer's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was an interesting concept, mostly because it was a psychological thriller where there was no clear 'whodunit': you know, practically even from the blurb, who is responsible. And yet, there are still some great twists and turns, and some moments that catch you by surprise. I'm not sure I'd say it had many complete jaw-dropping moments, as some of the major reveals I did somewhat suspect, but it was still really enjoyable. I also enjoyed that it somewhat played with perceptions of victimhood, in a way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

denijaaa_s's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

entropydoc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, and Violence

carmencolette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

nialiversuch's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Excrement, and Vomit

wordsofclover's review

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

princessdana36's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Mental illness