Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice by Christine Kenneally

4 reviews

creativerunnings's review

medium-paced

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Bullying, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

ohyayitsapril's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Torture, and Violence

popsicleplease's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Sexual harassment

vickimarie2002's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

 This book broke my heart. I obviously knew that orphanages weren't the most wonderful places for children, but these stories are horrifying! And the fact that the churches just covered everything up and no one believed the children for so long is so horrific. With all the abuse Catholic Churches are accused of, it's not so surprising that their orphanages would be abusive as well, but it wasn't just the priests doing the abusing, it was the nuns and all the other staff working there. Mental, physical and sexual abuse along with murdering children. Incredibly infuriating and heartbreaking. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Vomit, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder