Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Τα κορίτσια by Emma Cline

65 reviews

dreadspawn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

dayanitha's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Pedophilia, and Murder

sarahbiegelsen's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gore, and Alcohol

kelseynj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I was stressed as all hell by the last 50 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death and Excrement

lacanadienneinreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.0

I'm interested in history, true crime, and literary fiction with interiority as a focus, so I wanted to like this book. In theory, an exploration of the trauma and complexity of a girl lured by her own reckless youth, naivety, into a dangerous cult is an interesting read. But I just didn't care for The Girls. Evie is a petulant child, turned traumatized adult in arrested development. The wordy and overly descriptive prose felt incongruous with the other snipits of voice of the protagonist/narrator. Although the dynamic of childhood friends lost through petty adolescence and the "do I want her or her want to be with her" questions of feminine homoerotic love were compelling, I they were not enough to capture me. Cline's description of teenage angst and rebellion did not resonate with me in what felt like the intended way. The book seemed to offer that the mundane indignities and frustrations of life could lead us, like they did Evie, astray. 
There are arguments to be made for the book's merits. But I did not enjoy myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Murder

jackieyvette's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

Beautifully written and raw as well, but it was very slow burn and felt very rushed at the end. 
The buildup of the story was done well, but the wrap up felt very lackluster. I would have liked to see more of Evie as an adult, but nontheless it was a pretty good book. 


Crying Score: nope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

megshrews's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

gluntv's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

literally what was the point of the present day chapters? would have been better if it just stayed in 1969 and fleshed out the end a bit more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, and Sexual content

ashley_turch's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

kaitidid's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Excrement