Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

49 reviews

bigheadcam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An absolutely incredible, fascinating, and perfectly paced narrative nonfiction on the Troubles. Radden Keefe is very careful to specify that this book is not "historical" nonfiction because a lot of the information in this book is derived from oral accounts. He did his best to reconcile these accounts by corroborating them with more official records and reports, but the Troubles are not well documented and were a truly chaotic time.

Radden Keefe's writing is objective and informative while also remaining gripping and maintaining an excellent storytelling tone. I was consistently impressed with how well he kept every subject covered interesting, and how he manages to switch contexts without losing the reader or making it jarring.

Thanks to John Oliver for recommending this on Hot Ones. I'd happily do the same for anyone with an interest in history, radical ideologies, revolution, and modern struggles for independence as well as the cost of said struggles.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kefink's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

timesnewroman12point's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

nopnutspls's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicide

spess's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Excrement

helenab18's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, and War

korpney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

thereadingzombie's review against another edition

informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and War

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Going into this my knowledge of the troubles was limited to Derry Girls and that small plot point in Criminal Minds, so to start I was a little confused (and I’m still not 100% confident) but overall was explained in an interesting and clear way. 

The audiobook gets a bonus 0.5 star (not included) because it is narrated by an Irish man and every time he said “poor” it added a week to my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism