Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

13 reviews

clonedgoodness's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

4.0

This is a difficult book to rate, or even profile. It's told from the point of view of multiple children, presenting their perspectives and priorities in an engrossing, eminently believable way. But the lack of tonal armor is jarring; when your narrators are children everything feels effectively harmless, right until the point it stops being that way. There's a nihilism, or perhaps stark realism, underlying the story, where things don't build to a larger meaning or present satisfying conclusions. Sometimes they just, happen.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Religious bigotry

horizonous's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I loved the friendship between Jai, Pari and Faiz and was surprised that I didn't mind the narration from a child's POV at all. However, the story is slow going and at times repetitive, so there's a bit of a slog in the middle until it picks back up towards the end where everything happens all at once and ends in just a couple of chapters. But I would definitely read from Deepa Anappara again!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Racism, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Slavery, and Trafficking

kaneebli's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Islamophobia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Trafficking

stanisz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Trafficking and Stalking

qqjj's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad slow-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Alcoholism

robin_b's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry

shelf_reflect10n's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm definitely going to read this again--I think the book is much better than my first experience of it, because I'm in a massive reading slump right now, and NOTHING is working for me.  I'm looking forward to trying this again some time soon.

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

dbear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

fionac326's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Religious bigotry

cristy's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child abuse