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Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

26 reviews

maurapartridge's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Terminal illness and Vomit

murve's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

TEAM ADELAIDE!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Chronic illness

frenandjen's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

annafaust's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Emotional abuse

molliundera_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Abandonment, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Medical content, Rape, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

marlainavanrens's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Sexual violence

marisagomez25's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

bek67's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I felt uncomfortably bad in a cringe way most of the book for Adelaide. Her mental health issues made it impossible for her to be in a healthy safe relationship. Her BF, Rory, total A$$. However, I did enjoy the unbreakable bond of true friends in this book. Her road to help and recovery could have been expanded on more. At the end of the day, I didn't love or hate this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Rape

bgoodbookclub's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

I loved this book so much. At 100 pages in, I had already dog-eared so many pages. I really believe this will be top 5 of the year. I feel seen in a very vulnerable way at certain parts of this book, maybe more than I've ever felt in a book before. This book completely sucked me in and made it so that I couldn't get enough. 

Reading this directly after Ghosts by Dolly Alderton was unintentional but neat since they have so many similar themes.

I loved how the timeline of this book jumped around. I loved that it all strung the story together but it also kept it interesting and wove the narrative together.

The fact that this is a debut is MINDBLOWING. Also the Bad Bitch Book Club shoutout in the acknowledgements is everything! I will 100% read Wheeler's next book. 

Read this if you liked Ghosts by Dolly Alderton.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault