Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer

13 reviews

jw69171's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

perth_is's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

geneva15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Absolutely heartbreaking book but a must read for anyone who is ever thinking about working with children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Blood

Minor: Bullying

lizardgod's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

birdwithablog's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pastelpastures's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

laneelizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

Minor: Excrement

anxiousbookworm's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jg34's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

2.5

I respect his journey and his willingness to share his story. It is a very challenging and sad story.

however this is basically just a book telling the audience all the different ways his mom beat the shot out of him. Which again is very sad and I feel for what he went through, I can see how this could raise awareness. There does not seem to be a lesson or a great overcoming or anything.

felt more like a retelling of facts than a story, which I guess is what you get with a memoir type book but it just was not what I expected

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Very graphic accounts of child abuse

k8lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail