Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox

12 reviews

telepathyjmin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

lila123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Rape, and Sexual assault

miiine's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual assault

ai_lin's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

cademia's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book dehydrated me via tear ducts. Genuinely love Fox’s writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ellaandcoffee's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Bullying, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

imaginefishes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

The book subverts expectations between the 2 main characters, and the

Spoiler

sudden end to Part I felt really shocking and sudden to me (which… makes sense, considering mental illness spells don’t happen at regularly scheduled intervals).

Apart from that, the description of dissociation felt very accurate (from the limited few times I’ve dissociated), and the sort of “depression slump” Biz slipped into resonated with me. I really wished I could go on the same adventures they went on, given my sheltered upbringing in the city. At the same time reading it from Biz’s POV really made me question the reality of the book while at the same time deepening my fear of psychosis. Overall the story is hopeful, but it gets really, really horrible before we get to that point with Biz.

a_walton18's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual assault

laurenjbb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

bwch13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Kidnapping and Acephobia/Arophobia