Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Goodbye Earl by Leesa Cross-Smith

8 reviews

bdombi's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Drug use

emmareeser's review

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse

staceyface's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

nukie19's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

heatherv's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Cancer

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

chemeducator's review

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Abortion

bekah1210's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

mostlikelyinalibrary's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.0

This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, because I LOVE The Chicks & especially Goodbye Earl. I was expecting this to be a bit It Ends With Us-ish and make me laugh and then cry and then cry harder. 

Ultimately, this book felt painfully slow to me. I’m hardcore a plot girlie, and this was largely based around character development, so I think that’s what didn’t work for me. The parts I was most excited to see played out took maybe 15-20% of the book and the rest was the girls all falling in love and reuniting and flashing back to high school. It was fine, but not my cup of tea. 

Thank you NetGalley for gifting me an advanced copy of the book. All opinions are my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer and Child abuse