Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Jutro, jutro i znów jutro by Gabrielle Zevin

203 reviews

jackiejauregui's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Minor: Sexism

iblamewizards's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

This is such a tough book to rate because, on the one hand, it's beautifully written, sad, and engrossing. But on the other hand, I didn't get out of it what all the other reviewers who rated this book highly seem to have done.

To me, this was not a beautiful book about love a friendship. It was a book about the potential toxicity of friendship and the natural selfishness of those who suffer in silence. None of the characters ever communicated with one another, which I found desperately frustrating, and to put it bluntly, no character other than Marx was even remotely likeable. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a great book.

The relationships in this book are messy and tragic. But none of it felt like real love and friendship to me. Instead, it was a book about victims, one that proves the old adage that "hurt people hurt people."

I'm glad I read it. It was a good book. But I'll never read it again. It's a compliment to the author when I say the grimy feeling of toxicity stays. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

aileron's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Confinement, Abortion, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Blood

Minor: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Eating disorder

leefox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Less traumatic, Little Life- lite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Suicide

annikw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Suicide, Gun violence, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, and Chronic illness

luneclaire's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

I don't know how to rate this book. At first, I wasn't in the right frame of mind to read it, but when I finally was, I couldn't put it down. It emotionally slayed me. It got under my skin. I'll probably think about it for a while. I can't tell you definitively if I liked it or not, but I don't regret it.

TW: There is a description of an active shooter scene. If you are someone who has been affected by gun violence, please know this is part of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Grief, Toxic friendship, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Abortion

al3xa's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Car accident, Medical trauma, Ableism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

avadore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

I found this book so frustrating, I just wanted sam and Sadie to talk, like actually talk, to each other!!! I can't believe such a strong creative partnership could be marred by so many misunderstandings! Also so brutal and violent in a couple of places, really stomach churning and upsetting. The more reflective parts saved it for me, especially the couple of lines about aging right at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Gun violence, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Sexism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Antisemitism

rhysellnow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault