Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Girl A by Abigail Dean

57 reviews

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Mental illness

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

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

Minor: Excrement, Infertility, and Vomit

bkishmdstgal's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide and Sexual content

lily_peach's review

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Excrement, and Domestic abuse

lowwi_owo's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child death

pricelesswine's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Child death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Alcoholism

stuck_in_a_leabhar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

📖⭐️    BOOK REVIEW    ⭐️📖

Book: Girl A

Author: Abigail Dean

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Child Death, Physical, Emotional and Domestic Abuse, Confinement, Torture

After reading Girl A I found it hard to rate it! I was leaning more towards the four stars mark at first because the book definitely had me wanting to keep turning pages but the more thought I put into it, the more I leaned towards 3.5 stars.  I wanted a lot more and thought we were left with too many loose ends that weren’t tied up at the end. 

This is a difficult story about a terrible family tragedy but to me it was too jumpy and too randomly depicted that I found myself losing that pace and interest that I had developed in the beginning. The story is told from the perspective of Girl A, Alexandra Gracie, and follows the now grown-up Gracie siblings as they try to get through adulthood after a childhood filled with absolute horror and abuse.

The book definitely had a lot of potential as I thought the story was extremely interesting but unfortunately it fell short as I thought it was just too jumpy and the chapters were way too long which didn’t help keeping you sucked in! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

 Girl A by Abigail Dean was good, but I wish it focused more on the actual events than the legal aftermath. I am absolutely fascinated by cult behavior, and found the aspects of this novel that explained her parents unraveling into religious cult mentality fascinating. I think this novel fell short, however, since the scenes where she is interacting with her siblings as an adult are drawn out and overflowing with what feels like filler information. I think the transitions are a bit hard to follow, but overall I did enjoy the story and the information it pulls from the Turpin family case brings this work of fiction so much closer to reality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Torture, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse

carobllt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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