Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

6 reviews

krissymcgeehan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

owmyleg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Abandonment

alanabenjamin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This book does a great job of stating facts while giving implicit meaning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Violence and Bullying

Minor: Sexual violence

cmvcaulfield's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

shellybelly's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

Extremely powerful, insightful, and engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Death, and Gun violence

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Billed as a deep-dive into the life of one New York girl, Dasani, Invisible Child is so so much more. It provides context for her entire family, as well as the case workers, teachers, and advocates of all stripes who enter their lives over these eight years. Elliott's reporting of their lives, while unflinching, is tender and caring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Cursing

Moderate: Self harm, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Racism, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Addiction