Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

103 reviews

calamitydane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book had me ravenous. I couldn't wait to read the next part as I finished each chapter. The scares were well-written and often had me physically recoiling. I even had to put it down for a good ol' "nope" at one point. I might have to re-read this for my October scares.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Child abuse

flyoverzoner's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Strange book. I won't get the hours back that I spent reading this. The pacing was weird, and the main character frustrated me. Seems like the author is bad at writing horror, and multidimensional characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Child abuse

cloud_of_eden's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

meh. it was ok. Abby as a character didn’t have practically any characterization and the plot happened all in the last 10% of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

writewithapendragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I love Grady Hendrix’s writing and stories but I wish he could complete a book without including sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Animal death, Car accident, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Death, Body horror, and Forced institutionalization

Genre-typical content for a horror book, hits a lot of 80s slasher tropes and some gore.

teaselkie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, and Gore

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol

enyltiak's review

dark emotional funny tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Gore, Classism, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Kidnapping, Vomit, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

sehenry20's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Vomit, Racism, Eating disorder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Ableism, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

kimberlina82's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

jacob_dion's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence