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Reviews tagging 'Self harm'
Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice by Christine Kenneally
2 reviews
creativerunnings's review
4.75
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
bethboo's review against another edition
5.0
The stories were heartwrenching and graphic and hard to listen to at times. Half these kids didn't really even need to be in the orphanages, they were taken from their families or given to the church to give them a better chance at life. Instead they were beaten, threatened, humiliated, neglected, molested, confined, tortured, and in some cases murdered. So many people were haunted by their time there. There were suicides and self destructive addicts and others who fed the cycle of abuse. It was hard to hear and broke my view of humanity. You can't expect good from anyone. And humans are wretched creatures.
Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Grief, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Child death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, and Domestic abuse