Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

6 reviews

marissasa's review against another edition

It was boring and didn't hold my attention

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Excrement, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Blood, Sexual content, and Animal death

kcassano's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Animal cruelty

pipelizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment and Classism

rustyray's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

2.75

A tough book to read with no overarching theme. West coast dried up, mass migration due to climate change? It hits home .
But, I realized I don't like a unreliable narrator, and definitely not an unlikable, unreliable narrator. I found myself not rooting for anyone and just a sad read. Very descriptive and metaphorical, but still not enjoyable

Spoiler

aslo, bringing Ray back to test of Luz growth... Just to wrap up abandoning the child with the crazy harem and suicide out of self-pity? 300+ pages before they can reflect on "boy we shouldn't have done that" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

grubrednuf's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.5

I don't mean to be verbose in my hatred but I can never put my finger on it when I love a book. You just feel it in your bones when the plot, story, and characters come together. 

For this, it is almost 50 pages in before you meet the character that drives the plot. Red flag 1. I actively chose to do other things than pick this back up. Red flag 2. I read the first ~80 pages. Skipped to the last ~80 pages and still managed to grasp where the story had gone. Red flag 3. 

I was never emotionally invested in the characters. I did not care where they went and what happened to them. I did not question their choices or motives. The writing read like a MFA draft. This was not it for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

optimisticmara's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug use, and Confinement

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Animal death

Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicide