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Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths, a Conspiracy of Silence, and a Search for Justice by Christine Kenneally
7 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
librarymouse's review
4.75
The care Christine Kenneally takes in telling these stories is admirable. She does not gloss over the gore and horror of what the former orphanage residents endured, but makes sure to avoid sensationalizing by rooting their stories within reminders that the atrocities happened to real people who are still suffering with the consequences, decades later.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gore, Confinement, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Excrement, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Pregnancy
Minor: Fatphobia, Ableism, and Cancer
entropydoc's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Torture, and Trafficking
popsicleplease's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Sexual harassment
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
mondovertigo's review
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Death
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Death of parent
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Child death, Violence, Pedophilia, and Vomit