Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Girl in Pieces, by Kathleen Glasgow

58 reviews

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

bookgal1990's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Grief, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

This book is very triggering so be warned!

finiscelinis's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

For people who have someone close to them who is in a dark place. It’s for them to read and get to understand more about mental illness. 
I do not recommend this to mentally ill people. Too brutal and triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Car accident, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Vomit

Brutal

britt_zonnebloempit's review

emotional reflective 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

Holy fucking shit. I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars. This is so exquisitely written, but fuck, it's so painful to read. 

I BEG YOU, PLEASE CHECK THE TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE PICKING THIS UP. 

Charlie is such a lovely girl who's had such a shitty life, who ends up making the wrong choices all over again, not so much because she consciously CHOOSES to, but because shit just keeps finding its way to her. There's so much depth to her, she tries so hard to be better, and it's so so so difficult. I don't know how Kathleen got these words onto the pages, how they didn't tear her apart completely, because they sure as hell tore me apart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Addiction

cloludders's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction

nikkibisbee's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

texas_reznikoff's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcohol, and Blood

123erty456's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

mingo11's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

lei_readz's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship