Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Sold by Patricia McCormick

4 reviews

gemstonejasper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This is an absolutely heartwrenching story about a young girl from Napal who is sold into sex slavery. It's told in the form of various poems. It was a really eye-opening story about a horrible topic. It was painful to read about the experiences of this young girl and others like her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Medical content, Confinement, Rape, Child death, Pedophilia, Slavery, Child abuse, Classism, and Drug abuse

saraellenme's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Confinement, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Child death

vandnoa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Child death, and Child abuse

ashley_1206's review against another edition

reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

this book was so beautifully heart breaking. it truly brought you the reality of everything.

we hear many stories of young girls being sold into prostitution and many of us have the privilege to not understand. our main character was a fighter. her stepdad sold her into prostitution and our main character had no idea. she had to leave her mother, little brother, and all that she loves. however she thought she was going to the city to be a maid. she could have ever imagined she would be sold and make money by selling her body to men. 
now this book i absolutely loved the set up. the chapters were short. the book was short. the relationship you build with the characters is unbelievable. the twist and turns of this book um yes. 
now this book would have been a 5 star for me but i didn’t love the ending. i would have loved the book to come full circle. where our main character goes back to her family, the stepdad has something horrible happen to him, every bad character gets karma etc.
but i know for many girls/women in this situation don’t get this. they end up being thrown in the streets, die, etc.
this book truly describes this worldwide situation in a light that needs to be talked about more often and

because of this i give the book 4.5 stars everyone go read it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence