Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown

4 reviews

suspiciouspinecone's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.5

Really enjoyed this book, I did not know the twins were conjoined when I first picked it up so that was fun to learn. The art was good and really helped to direct the tone of the book. The characters were interesting and I really felt like I understood the time better than when I started. In the end, I felt that the story was very life-affirming, which is a very good thing for a book to be. 

The relationship between Jane and Isabella was really interesting and I wished that was explored more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Xenophobia, and Ableism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

alishaabrahamsreads's review against another edition

3.5

I really liked this concept of being haunted by your "other half" and of having circus freaks being the stars of the story, the artwork is also super cool!! I wish the themes of grief and shame were explored more in depth though. Also I'm not sure if this is considered YA or Adult -- but make sure to check out the TWs regardless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Child abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

cpersin's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Ableism, Bullying, and Trafficking

Moderate: Classism and Fatphobia

Minor: Forced institutionalization

alldebstinations's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Death

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma