Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O'Roark

5 reviews

jonezzzing's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Medical content

clareasday's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child death, and Rape

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

caribou_not_moose's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 It’s like the author dreamed up every possible tragic and gruesome thing that could possibly happen to a person and made it happen to the main character. Surprise surprise, she kind of ended up a whackjob. The end of the book was good, but the slump around the 3/4 mark I almost didn’t make it through. I was expecting something romantic, and this wasn’t it for me. Overall, I enjoyed the murder mystery and romantic development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Rape

Moderate: Gaslighting, Cancer, and Child abuse

voracious_book_addict's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

1.0

The only thing I enjoyed about this story was the narration. Samantha Brentmoor and Teddy Hamilton do a great job! That said this story was definitely not for me. I found the FMC to be a complete doormat, she was whiny and a victim the whole book. She never grew a backbone or found her voice and it drove me nuts. I didn’t really like any of the characters in the book and felt like the story romanticized abusive religious practices. As romances go I wasn’t even rooting for the happy ending because I just didn’t care about the MMC and FMC. This book was selected by my book club and I’m very much looking forward to the discussion because I’m curious to see how others felt.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

mairead_parade's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Not for me. I want conflict and stakes but don’t understand the appeal of reading romance where everyone is unhappy for 97% of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse