Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Brutes by Dizz Tate

9 reviews

fepope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was beautiful and haunting. I usually read e-books but decided to get a physical copy and I am so glad I did. This book is marked up with highlighted lines that read like straight poetry. Dizz Tate did such an impactful and delicate job with the heavy topics (Content Warning for Brutes: CSA, mentions of animal (insect, technically) cruelty, and drug/alcohol abuse. There are likely more that I am not mentioning, so please look for a more detailed warning and take care of yourself.) This book is definitely meant to be read in a slow and purposeful way, and I'd argue that it will take me multiple reads to explore everything I wish within these girls' lives. Expect to be confused to most of the book, have a light-bulb moment towards the end, and to sit back after the last page confused again. I think those who disliked it because they didn't "get it" should retry with the understanding that THAT is the point. A gang of 13-year-old girls will only ever truly make sense to other 13-year-old girls, even when they don't even know themselves yet. Reading this book is like having minuscule, insignificant fragments of my young self come alive again.
 TL;DR: Weird Girlhood at It's Greatest, Proceed Slowly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Grief

sosonny's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

Loved the prose especially when they were tweens. The lyricism was so evocative and I really enjoyed listening to it. But I never really knew what was going on and couldn’t keep the characters straight which I think was on purpose? I wish there had been a bit more closure in the fantastical lake monster element, but honestly it didn’t bother me much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

hoestoevsky's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

flavi's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

librarycowboy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Pregnancy

erinconnors94's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

miiikaaaylaaa's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

I LOVED this book. Ate it right up! And then… the ending bombed for me. It started a little slow but picked up quickly during the middle. I was unsure of the plural first person perspective, but it quickly grew on me. I thought there were some very “quotable” discussions of girlhood - the good, the weird, the bad, and the ugly. Will definitely give it some time and revisit for a second read. The magical realism got a little too theoretical for me and I had to check Reddit/TikTok/GoodReads for some others’ opinions and analyses. Overall - it was good and I enjoyed it up to the very end. Don’t think I would recommend for most though!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Use of second person voice was compelling, story too slow 2👯‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexism