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Sarahland by Sam Cohen

4 reviews

spinesinaline's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Minor: Body shaming

jmcordero's review

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Gore, Pedophilia, and Sexism

agradstudentreadsforfun's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

girlonbooks's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

👑👑👑👑👑 (five stars as rated in crowns because "Sarah" means PRINCESS, y'all! Don't @ me cuz it's true.)

Okay, I was really hoping to love this book. But, people, I LOVED this book. I laughed, I cringed, and I related to SO, so much. This is a book for anyone who has experienced an awkward phase/decade/existence. I really can not recommend it highly enough. I would give five stars to every story minus one that, truth be told, actually really bothered me.

I am just not into biblical retellings, especially when excuses seem to be made for the more problematic themes of said story? i.e slavery, forced servitude and less than consensual surrogacy?? Um... what?? Yuck.

Next to all the other, wonderfully progressive tales, I was very disappointed and disturbed by that one. Like, REALLY disturbed. THAT BEING SAID, the rest of the book was marvelous. So much so that I didn't dock any stars for the one bothersome one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism

sex work, bdsm, breath play