Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

13 reviews

uranaishi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Racism

bmulford's review

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, Suicide, Confinement, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

gawdz0rz's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

claire doesn’t have much of a personality beyond hating everyone, and literally every other character is empty and unlikeable. the advertised (dry) humor in the book isn’t really there, either, but instead feels extremely underwhelming and is presented as the internal monologue of a clearly neurodivergent person, but i did exhale through my nose a few times, if that counts. the story was pretty unique in an american psycho/dexter kind of way with a lot of good twists, so it has that going for it. 

i dunno, i had much higher hopes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racism, Death of parent, Animal death, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

ree333's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

cleiva21's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Addiction, Confinement, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infertility

jacpey's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

4.5

Love the way it brilliantly ties everything together by the end. Gives Joe Goldberg vibes. She's cold, insane, and hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Confinement, and Grief

abbiebonnyman's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Murder, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Death, Child abuse, Suicide, Gore, Body horror, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

kerryamchugh's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Kidnapping

krystlethegreat's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a 5⭐️ book until the last maybe 20%, when everything stopped happening and started just getting explained. 
I hate it when the mystery is so convoluted that the author has to take a chunk of the book to explain how everything fits, rather than it naturally falling into place because it makes sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Gun violence

Minor: Child abuse

stormfather's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Suicide