Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

24 reviews

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

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

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: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

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

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

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

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

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

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

jrep09's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Classism

pizsarah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, and Alcohol

bedtimesandbooks'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion