Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

132 reviews

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death

thesuperawesomesarah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Child abuse

themichellegray's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

A dark, mysterious story told with stunning atmospheric writing! While I enjoyed my time reading this book, I was left wishing there was a bit more explanation behind Gallant's secrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Animal death

_pauline's review against another edition

dark

1.0

I felt like nothing happened, which tbf objectively isn’t true

however, if you love horror just for the vibes, maybe you’ll like it; I realised I prefer mysteries & thrillers. Gallant includes a lot of stuff like this:

Behind her eyes, she sees the corpses of small creatures rising at her touch, feels herself dragged into the darkness by dead hands, watches two dozen dancers turn to ash, bits of bone rattling on the ballroom floor as they skitter back to their master.

just not my genre I guess 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide and Medical content

cryptofauna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this was really good!! 
super interesting and had me hooked from the very beginning. it got me to read during the summer which is a huge accomplishment. 
v. e. schwab as usually knocks it out of the park with the characterization, writing and world building. 
having a non-speaking protagonist i think was done perfectly in this book, it was just frustrating enough to absolutely relate to olivia’s frustration at being ignored and misunderstood but not so much that it felt like a random thing just added to complicate the plot (especially when she isn’t really coded as autistic). it felt like an actual part of the character rather than a flaw or a complication, and i loved that she didn’t get “fixed” at the end. 
read all in one day (a double win for the summer reading slump)
also reminded me a lot of the spirit bares its teeth especially at the beginning

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Pregnancy

kittykaz's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.25

I liked the premise and the dark atmosphere but the plot fell short for me. It was entirely crammed into the last 50 pages and because the writing focuses on the loneliness and estrangement of the main character, the connections she supposedly feels towards other characters are hard to believe.

With the importance her parents (and the diaries!) were given I also wish they had more payoff, and her cousin as a character felt almost like a misplaced Love Interest rather than a relative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, and Abandonment

em_of_swags's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Ableism and Bullying

hippievamp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness