Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Darkest Minds, by Alexandra Bracken

18 reviews

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

interesting with one heck of an ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood

raythereader999's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I read this book for the first time in middle school, and I had to reread it again. Never gets old, still the great story I remember it being, but with so many nuances I hadn’t picked up on at 13. An amazing read for people of all ages. The ONLY thing that takes this book down to 4.75 instead of 5 stars is

Spoiler

the fact that in the movie Liam says my favorite line ever: “I don’t care if you touch me and you know everything about me” and I had convinced myself it was in the book but it wasn’t and I was sad.

Please read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse

herceia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Everything you need for a YA dystopian novel. Very cool and loveable characters, a ton of suspense and danger, and a wild adventure the whole way through. The friendships were developed in a really lovely way, which is something I love to see. The violence of all kinds in this book are absolutely brutal to read and at times, a little too much, but I stuck around for the strength of the characters and their journey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Sexism, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

joycerose's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

2.75

The book wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. It only got interesting maybe the last couple of chapters

Spoiler

Ruby was basicall  sexually assaulte by Clancy and fact that I haven't seen anybody mentioning it is a little weird

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

rkaur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

if i could give this book anymore stars, i would. usually when i find a dystopian novel, it never fulfills everything i hoped it would be, but this book was above and beyond my hopes. the intricacies of ruby, liam, zu & chubs of how they think and how manage to build such strong relationships with each other in the way theyve been thrown together is amazing. also?? the world building? this book got me so involved into what was going on not just about the characters, but about the ones we’d never been introduced to. the whole set up is just amazing & this style of writing helped make it even better. this book will always remain one of my favorites and the book i recommend to others who want to read a magical realistic dystopian world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death

secretuser_12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.0

tbh i was doubting the book bc i couldn’t get into it for the first few pages but i forced myself to sit through this and i am not complaining. was literally on the edge of my seat every page, and i really, really love the characters and was instantly attached to them. 

teared up a bit with that cliffhanger, and i am still crying rn so i’m really looking forward to the next one!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

knifewifestan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

fremzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Child death

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence