Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala

11 reviews

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is written in Pidgin English, which may be a difficult read for some.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, War, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Rape, and Gun violence

Moderate: Slavery, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Colonisation

vagabond135's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Child abuse

tinathedrifter's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

Iweala put so much detail into Agu’s voice and thoughts over the course of this novel. It made me love him as if he were a friend recounting his stories to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, War, Gun violence, Child death, Sexual assault, Gore, Drug use, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

miathorup's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was an amazing view into the world of a child soldier - a story written in such a broad way that it could be any child in any war. The language is true to character and the language barrier of a child speaking pidgin English gives us so many wonderful metaphors and descriptions when our main character Agu doesn’t know a word or term. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Child death, Death, and Genocide

vanessavlvaler's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Abandonment

nym1013's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, War, and Blood

treeme's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book has one of the most beautiful proses of any books I’ve read to date. But it is so gut wrentchingly sad. Like wanting to throw up in the 2nd chapter sad. I am glad I read this book but it was an emotional burden and journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, and War

anmariefweeks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Rape, Child death, and Child abuse

rocko_granato's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Murder, Torture, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A

I really don't know how to rate this book. I don't think it's anything that someone would like per se because of the content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Pedophilia, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage