Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

11 reviews

alogna's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

raythecatlover's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Self harm, Alcohol, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

kimrice992's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Moderate: War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Drug use, and Fatphobia

charlotteschapter's review

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide

valreadssometimes's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.75

It took me several months to read this book because it was painful to get through. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes the depiction of mental illness and depression felt genuine and real, but it was overshadowed by the other aspects of the book. 

To put it this way, the book most definitely feels like it was written by a teenage boy. There are multiple references to sex that are raunchy and really distracted me from the main message. The narrator, Craig, cannot describe a single female character without it feeling vile. There’s even a line where a character’s  breasts are said to roll along with her eyes (I had to put the book down and reflect). 

Not only that but the characters all felt two dimensional. As you can probably assume, none of the female characters are there for anything other than to be fantasy material for Craig.

Spoiler

I was so upset with the half-hearted buildup of his relationship with Noelle. She was suffering because she was objectified and used, and that’s exactly what Craig does to her as well and it was awful.

Oh yeah, there’s also slurs in here, as well as just really offensive descriptions. The trans character mentioned on the back cover appears ONCE, and it’s only to be some sort of twisted comedic relief. We never get any of her story, and the scene she was in left a bad taste in my mouth. 

I don’t understand why I tortured myself with finishing the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Self harm

lauraq's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault

littlefox1322's review

emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Eating disorder, Medical content, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Classism, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Deadnaming

Minor: Transphobia, Miscarriage, Outing, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, and Homophobia

ishouldbereading's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

3.5

Craig is an alright character, self aware and I liked some of his quotes. I find the whole Craig finds love in asylium  unnecessary, it's the same as in more YA contemporary books and it's boring and not that realistic.

But the way he describes women is ... concerning, to say at least. I had to skip a lot of parts of the book because it was just disgusting. 
I don't get the hype it got/is getting, didn't live up to my expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Toxic friendship, Self harm, and Sexual assault

phasesofthemoony's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Transphobia and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault

macysmith's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit