Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Animal by Lisa Taddeo

150 reviews

emmamoulton's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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avalonlovelee's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Disappointed but not surprised by the negative reviews I’ve seen for Animal. This book is not for everyone.

But what I think is important, and some people are not understanding, is the cycle of abuse. I don’t think Taddeo wrote all of these horrific scenes merely for “shock value”, but yes, they are shocking. For people saying, “this much abuse can’t happen to one person!”… YES, it can, and it often does. That’s why it’s a cycle. And when you’re in it, it feels never ending. You have to claw your way out. 

Some of these negative reviews man… have a little compassion, empathy and understanding. Glad your life seems to be all rainbows and butterflies, but that’s not everyone’s reality. 

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laurenparham's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I was kind of hating this until I got about 80% of the way through at which point I really started to like it, so, sometime that’s how it goes!

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jessicaw8's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Slow start but picked up about halfway through, once you figured out what was going on. Characters were interesting and had good backstories. Ending was a little confusing. Liked the feminist edge to it. 

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bentonnnn1's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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orlagaughran's review against another edition

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dark tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75


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lauriankuipers's review against another edition

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5.0


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emilytully's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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katymat18's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75


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sunshineinabag's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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