Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

8 reviews

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

4.0

I really really  wanted to hate this and I really really didn’t. 
The writing sucks, but i am so hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

crispyrisotto's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

the world building and magic has potential but the writing/dialogue is not living up to it and the bullying is so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Murder

brittnishafer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Torture, Vomit, and Stalking

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall, I enjoyed this! The story was interesting and engaging, the world building was pretty intense and unique, and the little bit of spice was enticing.
But goddamn, getting past the poor writing was a struggle. About 100 pages in, the only way for me to continue was to start annotating just so I could edit as I read. I restructured sentences, corrected grammar and spelling, and added punctuation where necessary. It honestly felt like no one but the authors read through the book before sending it out to print. And don't even get me started on the fact that Tory and Darcy- two 18-year-old girls who were supposed to have grown up in the US- used terms like "sports kit" and "postie", which are very British terms.
But again, I enjoyed it. So am I gonna read the rest of the series, no matter how infuriating it is? Absolutely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

lestie4short's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and War

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail