Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Girl in Pieces, by Kathleen Glasgow

151 reviews

tulaxoxx's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Injury/injury detail, Self harm, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

tay_20's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

teesreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I did not think this book was gonna make me cry but boy was I wrong. I love Charlie sooo much. She deserves the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual assault

anton13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It was a roller coaster. I’m sad to say that some characters I liked did seem to end up as kinda the bad guys and I was really hoping they wouldn’t. When I first picked up this book I thought this would be a sad book all the way through but it has proved me wrong. Despite the main theme being about mental illness it’s still joyful at times and it helped lighten the mood(?). I really enjoyed it and it was interesting to read too. Also I made a playlist of all existing songs that they mention. So here you go:

Star -Belly
Nervous breakdown - Black Flag
Is it really so strange? - the smiths
Baby, let me follow you down - Bob Dylan 
The whole Astral Weeks album by Van Morrison
T.B. Sheets - Van Morrison
The whole Nashville Skyline album by Bob Dylan 
You’re the one that I want - Grease
Tangled up in blue - Bob Dylan 
Needle in the hay - Elliott Smith
Christmas in prison - John Prine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

alex_oake's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug use

oliviapankiw's review

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

I had to give this book five stars. Kathleen Glasgow’s writing perfectly created a picture in my head of everything- the hospital, true grit, charlie’s room. This book left me feeling quite empty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

mara_books's review

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

paulinelluise's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

bmrachel's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

God this book was too relatable. I feel so much for Charlie. I want to sympathize with her but sometimes it’s too much. I want to sympathize with Riley but he’s in the wrong. I’m glad she got the ending she deserved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Rape, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

hexa's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent and Eating disorder

Look into the triggers of this book, it goes into detail about self harm and has caused many people to relapse.