Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

77 reviews

novacoconut's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I have so many mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, I loved it. It pulled me in and I couldn’t wait to see what would happen next, and whether she would get her life together. And it was great until the Epilogue. However, I also hated it…some parts were clearly not written by a young girl in her teens, and it took away from the authenticity of the diary. I also didn’t like the way the epilogue ended the book. If left too many questions but not in a cliffhanger type of way, but in a confusing what the heck just happened type of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

krimor's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Grief

ellievelazquez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

razzyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Car accident, and Abandonment

grclnntt's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Believable as a true story of a real teen's diary in many ways but also as a questionable fantasy life - the kind of thing you might write in a diary to say what you dream about and wish to be true and maybe exaggerate too, but all because you truly believe it all to be true. Sad and compelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape

_shannanigans_'s review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Rape

jennergyy's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Death

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

This book is wild af. After I learned that it was written as a cautionary religious tale, it made so much more sense because like. I just don't think that a few decades ago, in any random high school, students could just get truly a Target-run grocery list of drugs. Very prodigal son vibes going on. I give the author a bit of credit because she got me to keep reading, but my goodness. I won't be reading her again, but I will be reading the newish book about all of her lies and fables. I see why this was so popular when it came out though - it's literally sex, drugs, and rock and roll. And it was QUITE a maneuver to slip by critics with an anonymous pen name.
*found at a Little Free Library in Vienna(?), VA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual violence

Definitely read the context surrounding the book, if you're going to dive into this.

chezler24's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I am currently giving this book 2/5 stars although I probably would have rated it higher when I read it for the first time in middle school.  I get why this book was written; however, the execution feels a bit dated and cheesy. This book was written in 1971 - or should I say "diary was found" since we're supposed to be reading this under the assumption that this is a real diary from a real teenager - but the dialogue and pacing just feel off at points even for the target audience being older kids/young adults. The book definitely goes for shock factor with all the terrible things the main character does while on drugs and while maintaining her high, yet it almost borders on unrealistic at points. I think the most egregious thing for me was the epilogue ending that completely undoes any progress that had been made without any hope for rehabilitation or even explanation. Also, the handling of sexual orientation was not great at all. It kept popping up that drugs were the sole reason for anyone to question their sexual orientation and gender identity which is just a wild claim that gets glossed over. (Maybe this was to just hint at how naive the main character was, but since the whole book is pretty much propaganda I kind of doubt that there wasn't an ulterior motive.) I did learn that there is a TV movie adaptation of this book so it will be interesting to see how that holds up in regards to the diary format we've been given. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail