Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

15 reviews

omgbiscoffspread's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Death

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

          The true story of Sally Horner and how her ordeal inspired the author of Lolita is awful and tragic. She suffered so much in her short life, and it is a very sad story.
           However, this book was a bit dry, and I think focused too much on the author of Lolita and not enough on Sally. I think this may have been due to a lack of records for Sally since she didn't live a public life. 
           The narrator wasn't great, and it was hard to concentrate on the book. She wasn't the worst non-fiction narrator, but she also certainly wasn't the best. Her lack of emotion didn't really match the subject matter. 
           Overall, a decent book. But I'd recommend reading a physical or digital copy over the audio. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Death, and Child death

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

jenniferbbookdragon's review

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

Several tragedies are interwoven in this look at a crime that parelled the novel Lolita. Sally Hornerr's kidnapping and rape, her early death,  and it's inspiration of a novel that is repeatedly misinterpreted to celebrate sexualization of young girls. The research to recapture Sally's story and determine what really happened is both compelling and heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

josiebug's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

3.75

I know it’s not the point but I wouldn’t have minded knowing the author’s personal opinion on Nabokov more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Car accident, Child abuse, Rape, and Child death

Moderate: Sexism and Bullying

wolf013's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Death

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, and Murder

hollsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

ksuazo94's review

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship

alipp's review

Too slow and drawn out. Parts were interesting but I would’ve been ok to read the article 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

fallandfox's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault