Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Jack Charles: A Born-Again Blakfella by Jack Charles

7 reviews

vernabloom's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, and Abandonment

winnibirner's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Grief

kirsty_sheridan's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

Powerful story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

lavleviathan's review

dark funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Beautiful book. Learnt so much about this legend. RIP. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

stuffinmybrainhole's review

challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, and Death of parent

perifaerie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

lesty_gibbs's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

4.75

I've been wanting to read this for ages, and was spurred to do so with Uncle Jack's death a few days ago. I listened to the audiobook too, which he narrates, and makes the overall experience so much more personalised. They didn't edit anything, when he pauses, repeats a word or sentence, when he laughs, gets passionate, gets sad, it's all there, like he's in the room with you. 

What an incredible person he was, and I've gained so much more respect for him through this book. I hope he's having the absolute best time in the Dreaming, he deserves it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia