Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

25 reviews

lindsayerin's review

funny 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: Self harm and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Racism

amachonis's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Classism

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

cadence99's review against another edition

4.25

Come and get it is a character driven, slow burn of a book, and while that may not work for every reader, it certainly worked for me. We have SUCH rich characters. They’re messy and imperfect and deeply human, and I think the flaws are what make this book so great. You are not going to get a cookie cutter story with a fairy tale ending and that is my FAVORITE kind of book. My only issue in my reading of this book was that I neglected to check CW and got hit REAL hard with one part in particular- so I definitely recommend NOT doing what I did and checking those warnings!  Otherwise, I HIGHLY recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

aliireads's review

slow-paced

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

This book was literally awful. It’s like 10 ppl wrote this book without reading what the previous person wrote. The plot and Characters are all over the place. There is literally no plot. The characters are so stereotypical.  Halfway through you’re probably still trying to figure out where the story is going. It feels like someone telling you about their dream, in the worst way. I would not recommend this one. I have no idea how anyone would enjoy this shit 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Suicide

clairebartholomew549's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm not sure how to feel about this book. I should probably stop reading reviews before I read books, because I saw a review that said this book had no plot, and maybe it colored my view of this book. Or maybe it didn't, because honestly this book has no plot. It's more accurately described as a character or environment study, and the dorm atmosphere is fascinating to dive into. The tableau is really interesting, and I enjoyed seeing every character's perspective. But I would have liked some insight into Tyler, Jenna, and Casey - I realize it was part of the point to only see them through the other characters' eyes, but it certainly flattened them. And at the end of the book, I was confused what the point was. I found Such a Fun Age really interesting and dynamic, so this one was disappointing to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Classism

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

dfriend12's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

3⭐️

I wanted to enjoy this book but I’m not sure I liked any of the characters (which does not make for a bad book in my opinion) but if there’s not much moving the plot/not much plot to move… it doesn’t work for me. So sad this one fell flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

ittywitty's review

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nreyno's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Medical trauma

madalynn_owens's review

lighthearted 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

A bit of a slow start but so good! If I knew this was about an RA and some sorority girl-esque residents that are kind of jerks I probably wouldn’t have picked this up, but it’s incredibly well told and very unique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Vomit