Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Ich gebe dir die Sonne by Jandy Nelson

18 reviews

tragicgloom's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

It would have been an amazing book if it weren't for several problematic things I couldn't ignore. I usually don't write reviews but this book left me full of anger and disappointment.

So here are some of the things wrong about this book:
- female MC's sexual assault was hardly acknowledged
- ending felt rushed and there were so many things that needed to be talked over and resolved, it felt utterly unrealistic how everything was suddenly perfect
- and the biggest problem of all is this so called "relationship" between a MINOR (16F) and an ADULT (19M), such relationships should not be condoned and I was so disappointed with how it turned out that it completely ruined everything I previously liked about this book


 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

martapsalvado's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

3.5

DNF review: The writing style isn't for me and I was bored, confused and honestly kind of annoyed for the whole 67 that I read.

2° opportunity and finished review:
This book was really hard to get into- the writing is very metaphoric and? at the same time, kind of childish/immature and I honestly didn't knew what was happening in the first 100 pages or so. Some situations also didn't make much sense considering the character's age. The chapters were SO LONG and maybe it was too slow-paced for me. However, these characters are vibrant- they have so much life, personality and depth. The story is good (with some ups and downs), but it's definitely the characters that stand out in this book. I was also very satisfied with the ending, which definitely played a big part on my overall positive review.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content

vespertyne's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted sad 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

2.0

everyone in this book needs therapy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

cj_d's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

cayy's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

while i liked the writing style and some ideas discussed, the plot felt weirdly chunky and i hate certain characters because of how they were written, it was like a good soup that was ruined by too many undercooked ingredients 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

hutaoghost's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

itz_nini's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, and Sexual harassment

mirelg6's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment