Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

43 reviews

angela_iseli's review against another edition

dark tense 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Vomit, Eating disorder, Murder, and Sexual assault

liv_txt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Mental illness, Murder, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Sexual violence

em815ily's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gore, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

nicoleme1212's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, and Rape

chiar_'s review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Classism

kajsavi's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.0

A very strange experience to read about a female protagonist who is just so incredibly unlikeable and awful! I liked it a lot, in fact, though I found parts of the book difficult to stomach. Feels odd for a written woman to be this kind of violent and self-obsessed narcissist. Not easier to read than a male character with the same vibe, but I'd say it's a more well-rounded experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Animal death

cow_png's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Holy shitttt, I fucking love this book. I found this book so fucking interesting and I could barely put it down. I highly recommend this but I would look up the content warning first. 

Ok, it has been a few days since I read it. It is maybe not as good as I originally thought. I still liked it but there are a lot of weird things in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Gore, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Abortion and Self harm

kelseyallen's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.5

extremely unsettling and uncomfortable to read, which is maybe why i liked it? reminded me of Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder but without any fantasy elements. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

megaoboid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

loved loved loved. i get that this is a Shocking Statement for the girlies who have no idea how to describe this beyond 'um... female american psycho?' but i loved the main character and identified with her in a lot of ways - we share a very similar background (live in the same place in the UK, even!) and it was almost like looking into a very fucked up alternate dimension in a way. i felt sorry for her and i wanted to succeed and i know that realistically, she can't, and she's doomed to be her mother and to get worse and to rot, but that urge to be SEEN and KNOWN spoke to me so distinctly there was no way i just couldn't love her even despite her terrible cruelty and the things she'd done. 

the book WAS wobbly at parts, will probably age poorly for things that are admittedly funny now but will be nigh incoherent to anyone reading this in 20 years time, and the ending is a bit of a dealbreaker for some (not me, and not after the disappointment of our wives under the sea - that WAS a stinker) but ultimately, it crafted a world that i could understand and relate to in so many ways. really special book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Pedophilia

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Drug use, Ableism, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit