Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

169 reviews

sthurma22's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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

3.0

The authors note helped me understand the dynamics and reasoning for the story, but I still don’t feel like parts of it were necessary. The ending is bittersweet 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

lashawnwiltz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

I have no idea how to review this book.

Wavy, our female main character is just too young for what life has dealt her. And you feel for her through everything that happens to her.

But her view of everything is colored by her trauma and her age.

The trigger warnings that go with this book should determine if you pick it up or not. 

But if you decide to, I will say it was emotional, compelling, beautifully written and disturbing all at the same time.
 
Everyone in this book is broken. Broken people tend to do ..broken things.
 
NOT to excuse anything that happens in this book.

There were parts of the book where I was disgusted  and disturbed and then there were parts of the book where I was like...well this is beautifully sad. 

And it's hard to reconcile those parts and give a rating for this book.

It won't be and shouldn't be for everyone.

Please read the trigger warnings if you decide to give this book a chance.

 in the end, I think im going to rate this a 4. Because only good writing can make you feel so many emotions in one book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

devmerc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

erinbischof13's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

3.0

All The Ugly and Wonderful Things review ✨ 

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

OK. I feel like there’s so much to say here, yet not enough. At first, I was absolutely not into this book. It was morally questionable yet so realistic and can really put different childhood in perspective. With 10+ POVS I found it hard to follow at times but honestly, by the end I was sympathizing with the FMC and it really tied her “life” all together. 

The writing and the style though.. Bryn Greenwood is a genius. The fact that every single POV read as if they were different people in the way it was written it was amazing. You could almost imagine being a fly on the wall during the conversations and hear the slang in every voice. 

I rated this book 3 stars because I feel like I’m unsure of how I actually feel about it. Some would say I’m still.. processing 😂 

Definitely a book with trigger warnings so please look into that if you’re thinking of reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

koralwilliams's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

2.0

This book was hard to get through because of Wavy and Kellen’s relationship.. it was not cute and I just could not get behind this man being with a child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

kerrimills's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

4.0

This was an easy read book. But challenging for other reasons. As the main focus of the book is of two children who live in a broken drug fuelled family who get protected by a young man who serves jail time for sexual assault of a minor, despite it being consensual and even having documentation for permissionto marry the child. There is lots to discuss about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Alcohol

lauragracel's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

mariellyreads76689's review against another edition

it was too much, Kellen was talking to wavy like she’s his girlfriend. He called her his “ bike b*tch “ and I didn’t like that. It was soooo weird how he talked about her, it made me very uncomfortable. I had such high hopes for this book, maybe I couldn’t finish it because I either couldn’t relate to it , or I’m sensitive🤷🏻‍♀️. Anyway I will never touch or look at this book ever again! Thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

amandalachelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kkrebo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

2.75

This honestly was a really tough read for me. :(

I love the writing and concept but the pedophila was too much for me. While I get that Wavy and Kellen’s relationship is supposed to supersede the taboo because their love is true - I couldn’t get past it. I truly loved the concept and themes but I just couldn’t get over it sorry!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol