Reviews tagging 'Death'

ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley

3 reviews

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark medium-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

1.0

This book was a huge disappointment! Everything about it is a disaster: the story, the characters, the plot, the way they talk... No adult should read this book, much less a teenager... it's terrible!

There is not a single character that is likeable - we supposed to like Charlotte, but she is as bad as all of the other girls. The plot makes no sense at all - the author set up some rules only to ignore them later in the book.

This makes me so angry! Just because this is a book for teens doesn't mean it should be poorly written. And then we are surprised when young people hate reading... I have the second book but I'm not even going to give it a chance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

bennybooks's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

4.0

This book reeks of the 2000s but it made me laugh. The main character doesn’t have much personality other than being pathetic, but I thought her narration was funny because of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Death

laurajones's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation