Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu

31 reviews

imogil's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Literally the only reason it’s not a full 5 is because I hate Jena Lin so much and I APPLAUD Jessie Tu for managing to write such a pathetic main character with such an unlikable ensemble cast. Olivia and Val and Tuba are the only bitches I respect in this household. I did love the writing though and the complex relationship that Jena has with her mother, her loneliness, and her fame. The final line made me actually fling the book in rage I won’t lie. Jena Lin is a narcissist and she really just needs someone to tell her off but then again Olivia did that and she didn’t change her behaviour!!! SUCH A GOOD BOOK THOUGH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Xenophobia

alfalky's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Blood

quirkyaquarian's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m so curious about that ending

as I interpreted it to be open ended. Does Mark’s call suggest she loses her resolve and stays for a man? I wanted closure damn it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

scgonano's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood

sameeha_r05's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content

gab12's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape

leli's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

ceedy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

goblincat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism

balfies's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

1.5

Tàr by way of Fleabag in the mode of Normal People - but bad. 

Jena is a former child prodigy, one of the best violinists in the world, using vacuous and hardcore sex to fill the vicious void at the core of her being. Cyclical meditations on the interplay between genius, gender, race, and bodily autonomy set between Sydney and New York in 2016.

Found myself wanting a lot more from this. It engrossed me in the way that all self destructive female characters do, but was both obstructively obvious at some points and too vague in others. I really do have a soft spot for books set in Sydney though, and while it's usually nice to read literature by and about Asian women I do like that literature to be... good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape