Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

17 reviews

amirez1043's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Islamophobia, Racism, Alcohol, Classism, Drug use, and Homophobia

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Outing

texas_reznikoff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Child abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Death, Violence, Bullying, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

vtlism's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this writing, the voice needs to be bottled and the main character development was perfection, nothing 8 thought about her at the beginning was true by the end. I noticed slice/line imagery throughout but would love to know the author's intent with that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Classism, Sexual violence, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Drug use

bridgetsjournal's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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

3.5

I found it hard to finish. Aaneee is so hard to love as a person, because she treats everyone like sh*t, mostly women. Because of what happened to her it’s not really understandable, but everyone reacts differently to trauma - and she clearly didn’t work on it with therapy. Also, there should be a few trigger warnings at the beginning of the book for eating disorders, SA and  gun violence. I found this really hard to read the ed parts

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, and Rape

Moderate: Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Rape

miljahonen's review against another edition

dark 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

Not something I'd typically pick up. Surprising storyline. The main character is insufferable for most of the book but I think it makes sense and ties the story together, making the her choices all the more impactful. A fascinating read, but sometimes unnerving in a not so good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Classism

gracehill's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Suicide, Body shaming, Homophobia, Blood, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Classism and Alcohol

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.75

I have mixed feelings on this one - 3 stars seems too low, 4 stars seems to high, 3.5 still doesn’t seem right 😂
The writing here, I feel, is really solid. The narrative of bad things sometimes also happen to bad people is an interesting take - the protagonist here is an insufferable sociopath, she has very little redeemable qualities and everything she does/says makes you not want to root for her. But, at the end of the day, her trauma is STAGGERING. At what point does it become understandable that you’re a terrible person when so many horrible, unfathomable things have happened to you? For me, this is more of a character study than a thriller. Goes without saying that there are many, many trigger warnings here. Many reviews have said this is like Walmart Gone Girl and I think that’s probably selling it a bit short and doing a disservice to the book, since Gone Girl is a dark and twisted thriller through and through, which this is not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

katiea714's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Outing

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Cursing, Vomit, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, Animal death, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Vomit

edunbar87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Body horror, Classism, Death, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape and Toxic relationship

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Vomit, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Child death, Body horror, Classism, Homophobia, Sexism, Grief, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Death, Emotional abuse, Outing, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicide attempt