Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Todas mis heridas by Kathleen Glasgow

333 reviews

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Oh Charlie.
I relate to her in so many ways that it’s depressing. Sometimes I wanted to slap her for her poor decisions. Yet I also would highlight those parts because I related to them. 

I hate Riley so much too. When he pinned her down and was saying he was just joking and asking if she thought he’d actually hurt her. Like yes. It happens to millions of women all over, all the time. Also he’s weird AF. I hate that he even slightly redeemed himself in the very end. Not exactly. But he seemed to be trying to do better. More so forced. For that period of time at least. But I wonder if it would stick.

I hate Julie too for enabling him. And the scene where she told Charlie off for showing her scars? Absolutely not. As someone who has struggled like that, most if not everyone with those issues, do not get triggered by scars. Scars are a part of the healing process. I have my own scars. Doesn’t mean I set myself off. And if it does set me off it’s because the scars are. on. me. Seeing others with scars and getting triggered means you got some stuff to work on. And Julie saying that people there have to heal and that’s why she can’t show her scars? What. That is a part of the healing process. Showing your scars is a HUGE step. You made her back track in anything. Hate you for that one. I also hate her for enabling Riley. But I also hate that I understand why she did it.

At the end of the day, this book made me feel seen. It made me feel frustrated. It made me see what others might see when looking at decisions I made when put into somewhat similar positions as Charlie. I also love a book with characters that can make me feel so frustrated. I also love a book that can give me a wild ride of emotions. Even if most of the emotions are out of anger or sadness. That being said, I loved this book. Not a 5 star feel, but I loved it for what it did for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming and Domestic abuse

ivywellss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

anglerfishinariver's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.75

I'm a bit mad that I have to rate this book a 3.75,  because many parts of it were very good, especially the beginning. But then it started getting kind of edgy and cringe, and the main character was kind of becoming unlikable (which is part of the plot and is a good portrayal of 17-year-old self-hating girls). Sometimes the author pulled out these lines that felt like they were written by a 15-year-old chronically online girl, and some of the writing made me cringe. However, other parts of the book were really relatable for me as a mentally ill person. I was rooting for the characters, and they were all lovable. But then, the book concluded with everyone suddenly getting better, which is kind of unrealistic. So overall, I have to give it a low rating. It felt kind of amateurish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

mrs_bookdragon's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Minor: Rape

softcatpoop's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

ianb's review against another edition

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

2.0

I always find it hard to review books that I don’t enjoy and sadly this is one of them. It’s such a tricky book to rate as I can tell that it’s been well – researched and a lot of time, energy and effort has gone into creating it but I just didn’t click with it and that is okay – Not every book is for everyone and this just happened to not be a book for me. 

 

Our main character Charlie is in an inpatient facility after a suicide attempt, after Charlie is released from the facility and goes to live somewhere far away. She gets a job and finds somewhere to live. Starts trying to make it on her own and all that. 

 

This is a book that has lots of Trigger warnings in so please do go and look these up before you consider reading. For me I just found the voice of the main Character too flat and I just couldn’t connect with her which made this book difficult for me to get drawn into and I think part of this was down to the chapters, somewhere a few pages others where half a page long and It just didn’t feel connected to me personally which made it difficult to follow especially as some had time jumps between them  

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

kait_mckenz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

izzyblaire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

GOD i love this book so much omg... I swear, its my own coping mechanism. ive struggled through the same events in this novel and it just itches a scratch in my brain i didnt know i had. every time i read it, i fall more in love. UGH ITS SO RELATABLE ABDNDJKS. I have a few quotes saved but my favorite is "I guess you can't really get rid of what you used to be. It kinda sticks to you."- Leonard, page 164

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

After reading You’d Be Home Now, I knew this was going to be just as good. Turned out it was better. This book was devastatingly beautiful. The characters were full of flaws, some more than others, every person just trying to stay alive the best they could. It was raw and reflective of so many people’s experiences. Beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

savanah_woody's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol