Out of Darkness
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An abusive and bigoted character threatens to drown his children’s kitten. This does not happen
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Does a cat die?
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There are threats to a cat, but he survives.
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Beto has a reaction to his father making him shoot a dove that I would call traumatic
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In the chapter “Naomi Had Loved the Bathtub,” Naomi is coerced into giving her stepfather a handjob. In the fourth “Naomi” chapter in that same section, her stepfather attempts to assault her again, acting like she’s his wife. In the climax of the book, he rapes and brutalizes her
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Is there excessive gore?
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From the school explosion
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Is a minor sexualized?
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In the chapter “Naomi Had Loved the Bathtub,” Naomi is coerced into giving her stepfather a handjob. This happens several times. Later, he tries to engage her sexually and she refuses. For much of the middle of the book, he tries to get her to marry him, and others in the town support this idea
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Is rape mentioned?
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The chapter called “The Gang” features a group of boys who contemplate sexually assaulting one of the protagonists
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Does a kid die?
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From the bomb blast
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Are any teeth damaged?
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In the second to last Beto chapter of the book
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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In the chapter “Naomi Had Loved the Bathtub,” Naomi is coerced into giving her stepfather a handjob
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Is someone gaslighted?
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During a lynching scene
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Naomi’s mother died in childbirth
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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By rape
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Cigarettes and chewing tobacco
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Baptism
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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It’s justified: kids trying to escape their abuser
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Is there menstruation?
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Starting in the chapter “When she was small” there is menstruation imagery
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone die?
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The book opens with a description of the aftermath of the central event of the book: the New London, Texas School Explosion
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Not for spectacle, but a woman is brutalized
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there hate speech?
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The children, especially the main character, are treated differently and sometimes insulted because of their race.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Meat, including recently fished/hunted/killed animals
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Naomi’s stepfather Henry grooms her and sexually assaults her throughout her childhood. In her senior year in high school, he tries to get her to marry him, which she doesn’t want to do. Although they are not related by blood, I’d say this does count as incest because they are socially related
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Is someone burned alive?
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Described in the third “Naomi” chapter in the January 1937 section
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Is there gun violence?
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Particularly in the last several chapters
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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In the chapter “Naomi Had Loved the Bathtub,” Naomi is coerced into giving her stepfather a handjob. Her internal monologue shows her dissociating, feeling like her hand isn’t hers
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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A lynching is discussed where this happened
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Is there decapitation?
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Spoiler: much of Henry’s he’d gets shot off towards the end of the book
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Is there body horror?
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From the school explosion
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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From the school explosion
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Are any hands damaged?
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From the school explosion
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Is a minority misrepresented?
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Not by the author. Many of the characters are racist and their racism is clearly shown as bad
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Does a head get squashed?
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From the school explosion
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Does someone break a bone?
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From the school explosion
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Is there a hanging?
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A mob of white men attempts to hang Wash and his father. They are persuaded to instead hang scarecrows in effigy. There is discussion of other successful lynchings
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Is there amputation?
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From the school explosion
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Henry keeps trying to bully Beto into being manly: hunting, not helping with “women’s work,” etc. Henry and other characters refer to Beto as a sissy for crying and for other compassionate behaviors
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Is someone buried alive?
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From the school explosion
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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A non-nuclear explosion is the central event of the book
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