Reviews tagging 'Murder'

I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

41 reviews

librarychristi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual assault

jamiesbookclub's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Child death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

theremightbecupcakes's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Violence

cholliworth's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

dimeryrene's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• 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

3.0

I liked, but didn’t love this new Summer’s book. It’s about a girl who yearns for more than the life she was given. She wants something she feels her mom kept from her, but she doesn’t understand the full context of what her mom had or why she tried to keep her daughter from it. Basically her mother worked at a resort and the main character, Georgia wanted to work there too. She doesn’t understand what her mom hated about it or why her mom never thought she was good enough to work there too. There’s a murder mystery in this book as well as building a picture of Georgia’s mom’s life after her mom passed from cancer. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder and Sexual content

heyitsshan's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality

edamamebean's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was really good but in a way that made me wish I hadn’t read it. Georgia is a queer teenager discovering for the first time how to wield her sexuality to get what she wants from men. The reader gets to look on in abject horror as Georgia walks right into the gaping mouth of a trap set just for her before she realizes the kind of power she has over men isn’t empowering at all. Massive trigger warnings, especially for sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Grief, Child abuse, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

kteq's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

2.25

Although a book of heavy subjects, this was an incredibly quick read, that admittedly felt at times easy to predict - I would have loved to see more closure for the protagonist at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

mbviera's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence