Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

14 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I thought this was really a sweet story about initial love and finding out who you are but I really disliked the characters in the story, particularly Sonya and Trenton. I don’t like the way that love is portrayed in some ways, particularly as something that always has elements of harm or hurt. That’s an unhealthy way to describe love, especially to the target audience of this novel which are upper middle/high school aged kids. I didn’t love the ending, because it felt like a cop out. The characters hadn’t changed all that much and they weren’t ready to make the choices they had made — it all felt too sped up. But, Coley and her dad building a relationship out of really negative circumstances was a beautiful plot line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dyl_pickle01's review against another edition

sad 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? It's complicated

The ending was bad and made zero sense.

The main character gets beaten up by the boyfriend of the girl she likes and only after that did the love interest realize her feelings for the main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

tegzy95's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-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: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Death of parent

miap09's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Suicide

miloblue'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? It's complicated

2.75

Best Seller, Shmest Beller…. this book was….OK.

my main disappointment was that Coley ended up with Sonya, who didn’t really redeem herself AT ALL.

It’s a pretty big angst fest throughout, but I did appreciate how Coley kinda did some work and have some growth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

briannasilveira's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, and Alcohol

changomarango's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

it seriously amazing, it made me cry, and it’s such a nice book if you’re looking for some wholesome but real wlw love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

britt_zonnebloempit's review

emotional hopeful 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

2.5

I wanted to love this more. I truly do. The Girls Like Girls video was my life! But this was so so so toxic. There's so much alcohol and drug abuse, it's not even funny.

I truly think that beating Trenton up was a bad choice. Coley truly was a good girl, despite her past, but she stooped to Trenton's level and I felt like a disappointed parent upon reading it. Both Sonya and Blake were bad for her, only getting her into bad situations, and though I understand her rebound moment with Blake I definitely don't understand her getting with Sonya...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

bookedbyc's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Suicide