Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Bad Fruit by Ella King

40 reviews

vigil's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

mmefish's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Could be a solid 4/5 but the ending is a let down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Minor: Rape, Incest, and Suicide

rkocher1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Violence, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

cookiecatherine's review against another edition

4.0

Different and more intense than I expected, leaning more literary thriller than family drama. The depiction of intergenerational trauma and abuse felt, to me, nuanced and humanizing even as brutal as it got. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Incest and Rape

clarxvizconde13's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder

I think the book has depth - after reading it, the title "Bad Fruit" has so many meanings.

scifi_rat's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Plot: 4.25★
Prose: 4.75★
Pace: 4.5★
Concept/Execution: 4.5★/5★
Characters: 4.5★
Worldbuilding: 3.75★
Ending: 4.25★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Stalking, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

stvnskp's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was a bit slow throughout, but it was so interesting that I had to find out what was going to happen next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

mamabrauner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Body shaming

adrinthesky's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Rape and Suicide

sydyurk's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse