Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé

37 reviews

lib_and_lynx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jlvwolf's review against another edition

4.25

Read the triggerb warnings before reading this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Car accident

writingcaia's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Deserves more hype and more love.
A lyrical story of the tragedy of being abused, of being part of systemic racism and killings.
It’s chilling and haunting, and poetic, and doesn’t let go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Racism, Violence, and Murder

nyne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

sophsreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

loesm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

gingerfoot's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual violence

siobhan28's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

4.5

Definitely check the trigger warnings! Such a complex and lyrical book, I've never read anything like it. Blends some Egyptian mythology with magical realism and supernatural themes. The writing is poetic and lyrical 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Murder

zoscho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

bobbyclark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Creatures of Passage is a very heavy and abstract speculative fiction, that reads like poetry and feels like mythology. Taking inspiration from Egyptian mythology, Yejidé navigates a somewhat simple story of a broken family in 70’s Washington DC through wave after wave of philosophy, culture, grief, and trauma. This is a beautifully written story, but you can’t escape the weight of it. This is not horror, but it is haunting.

The pace is slow and I do wish I had looked up the trigger warnings before jumping into this. I’m not sure I was mentally ready for some of the child stuff that this novel revolves around. While not exactly graphic, Yejidé does put you face to face with it. 

3.5 to 4 stars. I’m teetering between the two.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence