Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton

8 reviews

bbarnett1302's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

peachybee53's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

It's difficult to put into words, but this book has reminded me to believe in art and magic and love of all kinds. Trent Dalton has a really beautiful way of twisting darkness and beauty together in a way that feels both poetic and like a genuine reflection of real-life.

Our protagonist is endearing, honest, creative, intuitive, curious and determined. A dreamer whose ultimate goal is to find herself. She has the ability to see strangers in their quiet moments and wants nothing more than to be seen in return.

Some favourite quotes:

"The world turns for us all. One day you'll wake up and you'll realise the world has turned back upright for you and every bad thing you didn't deserve on the downside is made up for by every good thing rushing at you on the upside. You'll look up one day and see some face and suddenly it'll all make sense and all that bad downside stuff will seem entirely necessary. It'll just be ordinary life, it'll just be the normal turning of the world, but it'll feel miraculous to you. It'll feel engineered for you. It'll feel designed, drawn up by one of those crazy sketches you do. You'll call it fate. You'll say it was meant to be. And maybe it was. Because that's all the world was ever meant to do. Turn. And you were meant to turn with it."

"Lucky moon, she told herself, because every moon you see is lucky because you are still alive to see it."

"When you scream 'colourful' underwater it looks and sounds like you're screaming 'I love you." 

"Being alive is a thing that you touch and see and feel. As real a thing as electricity. Do you feel that? It's The Alive."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

kayla_jade94's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

judyrigby's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

This book is both heart-warming and heart-breaking; it's eye, mind and heart-opening; it demands reflection as you read it and stays with you after you're finished. Above all, it's shot through with tender mercy. Paul Heppell's illustrations only serve to enhance the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nanirump's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

A beautiful and touching story that puts you in the shoes of a homeless young person like never before. As are all of Trent Dalton's books, it is fantastical, with so much heart, love for difficult-to-love characters, and magical realism. I really enjoyed the aspect of art in this and it kept me guessing and broke my heart bit by bit, but entrenched in there as always, is hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

emilysfullybooked's review

I didn’t enjoy this book, I found the writing style messy and confusing and didn’t feel a connection with the characters or story line. My only DNF for the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

hellbent's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

brooklynjane's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Blood