Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Shiny Broken Pieces by Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra

21 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

kbergsten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, and Car accident

leahsbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

I'm glad I chose the audiobook for this, because the narrators did an amazing job with the story. I loved that there were different narrators, making it easy to differentiate between the characters.

The story is told from the POV of three main characters, like last time - Bette, Gigi, and June. Each of them is struggling with the choices they've made and the direction they're heading in to reach their goals. Even though I had strong feelings about each of the characters after book 1, they all demonstrated a lot of personal growth throughout this book. I was so curious to see what would happen, and where they'd go on their journey, and I wasn't let down at all. 

There are some strong trigger warnings involved in this story, but what came through most strongly was the level of love that each of the characters has for ballet. For these girls, ballet becomes an all-consuming kind of love that isn't healthy and leads them to make choices that are completely unhealthy and potentially dangerous. 

Overall, the story is fast-paced and interesting, giving access into the incredibly intense world of competitive ballet. The characters are well-developed, with their strengths and flaws that make them realistic and relatable. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

aniqah_w's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

lauraslillibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense 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: Bullying and Eating disorder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt

catearedwriter's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

ashleyreads88's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

This was a great ending to the duology.  I loved seeing how much the characters had changed between Tiny Pretty Things and this book, especially GiGi.  I also loved how much Bette was invested in figuring out what really happened to GiGi and who really did it.  The ending wasn't rushed, and each character's arc along with the whole story was wrapped up very nicely.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Racism, and Self harm

readwithsuzanna's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Eating disorder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Racism, and Self harm

annawilson's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Eating disorder