Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth

5 reviews

saracosk's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

spoopywife's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Definitely a solid YA thriller! I enjoyed the overall plot and themes discussed. The twists weren't the easiest to call for me. I do feel like some of the side characters fell a little flat, but the twists made up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lowie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Alcohol

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Prep school, secret societies, an unexplained disappearance, dangerous games. These are just a few of the elements of All These Beautiful Strangers. 
17 year old Charlotte has been tapped by the secret society at her new england prep school. Still haunted by the disappearance of her mother 10 years earlier, Charlie tries to balance trying to become initiated into this society and figuring out what happened to her mom. 

This was a beautifully written and tense thriller. The characters were so well put together and the delivery of information was so nice. I loved that there was things eluding to things that happened but it wasn’t as blatant as “that was then….. before… the thing happened” and then having to wait to find out. It was so well paced and we found out the information alongside the characters. Some things were predictable, but they were still fun to figure out. I don’t find predictability a problem, i think it’s fun to put together the clues and find out. 
One thing i really didn’t like was in chapter 13, Dalton went on a tangent to Charlie about how she wasn’t like other girls and that’s why he liked her. The “you’re not like other girls” thing is so tired. other than that, i think it was a strong story with incredibly strong writing. I wish this author had more books!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

joydynne's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage