Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett

31 reviews

thetealdeal's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence

solareclipse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

thisiscourt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Death of parent

livreads54's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

countingsheep's review

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing! I was very confused, but then the pieces started coming together and it was just so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, and Gun violence

bella_cavicchi's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Oh, how I wanted to love this more than I did! While I admire its intention, I thought it was poorly executed, hindered by jarring switches in perspective and stereotypical characters. It reads so much like a Riverdale or Pretty Little Liars season that I have to wonder if it'd be better suited to television. A bummer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug use, and Eating disorder

nickoliver's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

I feel very conflicted about how to rate this. First of all, there were certain things that I found confusing and messy, but I listened to the story on audiobook, so I don't know if that problem had existed if I'd read it physically. And secondly, it was just a very hard book? The topic of the story was a lot darker than I expected and went almost nauseatingly into more detail than I thought it would. 

But I did like the story for the most part! I especially adored Claude, she was amazing. And there were some important messages in the book, especially about girls' sexuality and about how victims of sexual assault weren't believed. And two of the main girls were bisexual and lesbian respectively. (The only bad part about that? The bisexual girl played into the trope of bisexuals being cheaters, though the author also criticised many biphobic actions.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Gun violence

kelsireads's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder

meghanwilloughby's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book didn't speak to me as much as I thought it would. I think the cover is adorable, but I don't enjoy how the book is written. I'm tired of the can't-come-out-as-gay trope, I live that in my everyday life so reading about it is not enjoyable. I know the novel isn't focused on the queer relationship, but the cover insinuates the book is mainly about that relationship when it is a minuscule part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Grief

irisheyz77's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder