Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

5 reviews

mdavis26's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Abortion, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

klbreyfogle's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape and Grief

maddiet425's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

Loved this book! It was easy to get through which is the most important thing to me. I also loved the subject matter, and the complexity with which it was discussed. I do have multiple small problems with this book though. The multiple POV’s were confusing at times, and Angela’s story didn’t seem to fit in. I also didn’t love how preachy it felt at times, but my biggest problem was the ending. It made no sense to me,

who is the Evelyn we read about at the beginning of the story? Is it the really Evelyn or is it the fake Evelyn? If the real Evelyn is telling her story throughout the St. Agnes chapters (which makes sense due to the yellow booties, etc.) then why does the fake evelyn mention at the end of the story that she wanted to give the baby to her brother?? That was something the real Evelyn wanted! It seems the author was as confused as the reader when writing this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Death, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Confinement, Suicide, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infertility, Death of parent, Vomit, Child death, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Rape, and Grief

rebar351's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so incredible! Check the trigger warnings but everyone woman needs to read this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Confinement

texas666's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape