Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The It Girl, by Ruth Ware

14 reviews

xine_with_minimicropup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing tense slow-paced

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

4.5

discussing with pup - review coming soon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Murder, Bullying, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Panic attacks are described through fainting/dizziness arising from pregnancy and health conditions. For pregnancy there is

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no loss of child

just experience of pregnancy and health conditions arising from stress or genetics. The sexual harassment is based on creepiness from porters (i.e., security personnel at the university) and faculty,

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but more of a feeling than any direct action

. Drug abuse

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involves peer dealing of prescription ADHD drugs

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sleeson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I never thought I’d see the day I would give Ruth 5 stars!!! I gave it a shot bc duh…. Imogen Church is the best narrator. Ruth had me flip flopping all over with this mystery. Just when I thought I figured it out. This book was great! I liked the characters, the plot and the ending. Moderate swearing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Pregnancy, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

nukie19's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content, and Pregnancy

mdarr's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

doreyghc's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

limabean21's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Out now! [Thank you Tandem Collective Global and the publisher for my gifted copy!]

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Hannah has spent the past ten years rebuilding her life after her college roommate, April Clarke-Cliveden, was murdered in their first year at Oxford. But when the man convicted of killing April dies in prison, Hannah is unwillingly pulled back into an investigation she thought was concluded long ago.

I ADORE anything with an academia vibe, so I had a feeling The It Girl would be right up my alley—and I was right. I was so engaged with the setting and the dual timelines, and really liked the characters as well (somewhat rare as I often find myself annoyed by all of them in this type of thriller). I haven’t read a thriller in a while where I found myself so eager to get to the end just to find out who did it, so this was a refreshingly fun read for me!

That said, I do think the book was a tiny bit long, and something of a slow burn for the first half. I didn’t mind that too much as I liked getting to know the characters well, but in a perfect world it might have been streamlined a little more. I also have a couple burning open questions—but such is life. In a nutshell, if you like academic thrillers, read this one right away!

Recommended for anyone, but especially if you like: dark academia; In My Dreams I Hold a Knife; British thrillers.

CW: Death/murder; pregnancy; stroke/disability; alcohol/drug use.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Classism

carissa230's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-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

3.75

During college Hannah met and befriended a rich girl named April. April died and Hannah was the main witness to the murder. She saw the man that killed her walking away from her room. 

Neville the convicted murderer has just passed away and Hannah is questioning if she sent the wrong man to prison. 

At six months pregnant she decides to investigate and finally get the answer to what really happened that night.

It was a long book, but I never got bored. I was along for the entire ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Bullying