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atlasthecrow's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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
themelodicblue's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
picked this up randomly at the library and man i couldn’t be happier. i really really really adored this book. mia reminds me so much of me only a few years ago, maybe even a bit still. everything from the story to the characters were just so important to me.
i am very excited to buy my copy as i had to resort to taking pictures of everything i wanted to underline.
i love this book and i love women.
i am very excited to buy my copy as i had to resort to taking pictures of everything i wanted to underline.
i love this book and i love women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol
allison_sirovy's review
5.0
Humans are complicated. Humans are mean. Humans are good. I believe in the last sentence the most. You won’t soon forget Mia after reading this book. #trueya #mature8thgradersandup
thebookberrie's review
The fact that I read the majority of this on company time just makes this more powerful for me.
You Know I'm No Good is about a troubled teen named Mia. After getting in a fight and punching her stepmother, Mia's parents send her away to a therapeutic boarding school. While there, Mia starts confronting her painful past while befriending the other girls there.
This book was good enough, and it went by really fast. But it felt like some things it wanted to hit on it just completely missed. This book is tagged feminism and there is a whole paragraph in the blurb about how they are only at a special school because they are girls but it doesn't feel like it really goes there. Maybe I've read too many books that hit these topics on the nose because this didn't even hit the face ?? There is a troubled girl who is made the villain and the main character and her friends literally assault her and yeah they are doing it in revenge of her laughing at another girl but like bruh what.
This book has a lot of serious topics and it was dark and hard to read, and for what. Maybe this is because the book is because of Mia's warped and bitter world view but her descriptions of people was just ugly. It never felt like Mia really got better either, just that she went through a bunch of hardships and then was like alright I'm good. I wanted more development in her recovery and I wish it focused more on that instead of boarding school shenanigans. I really liked her friendship with Vera though, seriously the best thing in the book for me highkey.
I do like the message of "bad girls or just not good" but I wanted more from it. Plus legal kidnapping to yeet troubled kids away is bad but okay make it a good thing I guess.
You Know I'm No Good is about a troubled teen named Mia. After getting in a fight and punching her stepmother, Mia's parents send her away to a therapeutic boarding school. While there, Mia starts confronting her painful past while befriending the other girls there.
This book was good enough, and it went by really fast. But it felt like some things it wanted to hit on it just completely missed. This book is tagged feminism and there is a whole paragraph in the blurb about how they are only at a special school because they are girls but it doesn't feel like it really goes there. Maybe I've read too many books that hit these topics on the nose because this didn't even hit the face ?? There is a troubled girl who is made the villain and the main character and her friends literally assault her and yeah they are doing it in revenge of her laughing at another girl but like bruh what.
This book has a lot of serious topics and it was dark and hard to read, and for what. Maybe this is because the book is because of Mia's warped and bitter world view but her descriptions of people was just ugly. It never felt like Mia really got better either, just that she went through a bunch of hardships and then was like alright I'm good. I wanted more development in her recovery and I wish it focused more on that instead of boarding school shenanigans. I really liked her friendship with Vera though, seriously the best thing in the book for me highkey.
I do like the message of "bad girls or just not good" but I wanted more from it. Plus legal kidnapping to yeet troubled kids away is bad but okay make it a good thing I guess.
bookslifeandeverythingnice's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
indigoiversen's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Challenging and thought-provoking, this stunning contemporary young adult novel examines the ways society is stacked against teen girls and what one young woman will do to even the odds.
Favourite quote: “I remember that I can still use my body the way I once used it when I was a kid: for the singular purpose of my very own pleasure.”
Favourite quote: “I remember that I can still use my body the way I once used it when I was a kid: for the singular purpose of my very own pleasure.”
kim_j_dare's review against another edition
5.0
Just wow.
I don’t know of any other author more adept at creating fully-dimensional characters who breathe right off of the page and into your life. And not just the main characters, but the secondary ones. Not just the teens, but the adults. There is no two-dimensionality here; there are no shortcuts. We are drawn right into Mia’s dysfunctional family life with her father and her stepmother, and we are pulled along when her family, at wits’ end, arranges to have her transported to Red Oak Academy, “a therapeutic girls’ boarding school for troubled teens.”
The story Foley tells of Mia and the other residents is sharp and insightful, while being utterly respectful of each girl’s journey. There is triggering content (references to sexual assault, cutting, suicide attempts, trichotillomania) but this novel will resonate with so many teens who feel desperate, unseen, or defined by their past. Painful, hopeful, beautiful.
Thank you, Edelweiss and Quill Tree Books, for the electronic arc.
I don’t know of any other author more adept at creating fully-dimensional characters who breathe right off of the page and into your life. And not just the main characters, but the secondary ones. Not just the teens, but the adults. There is no two-dimensionality here; there are no shortcuts. We are drawn right into Mia’s dysfunctional family life with her father and her stepmother, and we are pulled along when her family, at wits’ end, arranges to have her transported to Red Oak Academy, “a therapeutic girls’ boarding school for troubled teens.”
The story Foley tells of Mia and the other residents is sharp and insightful, while being utterly respectful of each girl’s journey. There is triggering content (references to sexual assault, cutting, suicide attempts, trichotillomania) but this novel will resonate with so many teens who feel desperate, unseen, or defined by their past. Painful, hopeful, beautiful.
Thank you, Edelweiss and Quill Tree Books, for the electronic arc.
summergirl's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape and Self harm
hat_rat's review
emotional
inspiring
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