Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Siedem dni w czerwcu by Tia Williams

166 reviews

leahisdudish's review against another edition

4.0

*chef’s kiss* 
disability rep.
bitter sweet, hilarious, precocious and one of the best opening pages o’ve ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

wheeliebridge's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book absolutely wrecked me. It is such a beautiful and unique take on a second chance romance where the characters are so complicated and traumatized. In some parts I laughed out loud, and then in other parts, it was making me sob for these wonderful characters. I cannot recommend this book enough. As a person living with chronic illness and chronic pain, I felt so seen, and the discussions around the main characters disability touched me so deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

mxcoyote's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

thirdeyeangel23's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An emotional story of growth, perseverance, and a chance to find love again. While many herald this as a brilliant second chance romance, I think that fails to capture what this story pushes to the forefront. After years of estrangement Shane and Eva reunite and have the opportunity to unpack their traumatic pasts. Going back to a drug filled seven day bender, these characters uncover the truth and open themselves to the possibility of more. Although incredibly heavy, Williams portrays the beautiful possibility of what we can overcome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

katkinslee's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book. The chemistry between Eva and Shane was so great and I loved how dorky they were with each other as adults.

I liked the fact that they tried to take some time apart to figure themselves out but ended up together anyway knowing they didn't want to be apart anymore

  there was great chronic illness representation and I really loved that there was no toxicity in the co parenting. 
This book was so loving but very sad in parts and contained some really intense topics. 
It was a really great right person wrong time story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

sakisreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Content warnings below 🥺 If you can’t read especially upsetting scenes including the content warnings below, this one might not be for you. This was one of the reasons I could not give this book 5 stars, it was quite stressful to get through at times 🫠

However, what an incredible love story! Imagine having seven days in June, then reuniting with this certain person 15 years later 😳

I’m also so glad that Eva and Shane made it back together, although I was also kind of satisfied when they took their break? I thought it was important to acknowledge breaks in relationships too 🥹

I loved the other characters too; they felt mostly well-rounded 🥰 Brilliant.

4 out of 5 stars for me ✨ Thank you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

boothdwellerbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Self harm

anastasiadreaming's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Intriguing concept with good chronic illness representation, but lost momentum half way in, with rushed pacing towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

coralie_michon's review against another edition

4.5

this book was so close to perfect but some elements were missing and the beginning was a little too slow so i couldn’t give it a perfect score. 

this book was truly impactful. it was complex and raw. it examined many important and hard themes in such an intense and personal way. this book was so realistic, the writing was beautiful and engaging. the characters were imperfect and authentic and so endearing. i just wish we could’ve seen a little more of their past to understand more their behaviours (also kinda wish audre was acting more of her age sometimes i couldn’t understand how she wasn’t 16?!?).

tropes: second chance romance, bookish setting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Vomit, Grief, and Colonisation

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ngl there are a bunch of parts of this book that i think were unsuccessful or just not great/necessary. however, i fell in absolute love with the characters and their stories. i would do anything for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail