Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride

40 reviews

bonz_authorshipdown's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Harrowing, Vicious, Disgusting, Painful, Depressing and Abhorrent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

isobeldenslow's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Challenging stream of consciousness/ fly on the wall type dialogue. Shocking sudden turns but really clever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Sexual harassment

aishafanky's review against another edition

dark sad tense

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief

h_nn_hp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit

afranke2016's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

The book was great. The writing can be difficult to read at times. The plot wasn't my cup of tea but I see why people like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

amayalo's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Gaslighting

juliette_d_03's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

You will either love this book or hate it, but it will leave an impact on you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ada_km's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.75

The writing style was very interesting, unlike anything I have read before, but so clever. So raw and real, gut-wrenching, disgusting, cold, terrible - I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicide

foolygirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

paigereitz's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was a hard, hard read. The style was intentionally fragmented, like stream of conscious in the girl's head with limited punctuation or clarity of who is saying what. It was challenging material, and a challenging style. But it is unique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment