Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

19 reviews

tomato_bisque's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Main character is unlikeable but it does highlight the worst aspects a lot of women feel about themselves and other women. All the other characters are unlikeable and it works.

agiali's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

♡ 159/ 108

This was a really stunning debut novel and this is genuinely one of the most well-written books I've ever read. The prose and vocabulary are fitting considering our narrator is an English professor.

Although I found the book to be truly fantastic and entertaining, it was just a solid three-star read! Nothing wrong with that, it was good but is a book that once I close, I probably won't think about unless provoked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide attempt

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

bronteysbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

From the offset, I knew I loved the authors writing style. There’s so much descriptive language that even the more mundane parts are interesting to read about.

I loved the themes and complexity of issues in this book but it did differ to what I thought it was going to be from the blurb. It was less so about her infatuation with Vladimir, but more so about her relationships in general. I particularly found the dynamic between her and her daughter interesting, but I don’t really know that it was necessary to the plot?

I did find in that in the middle of the book the pacing slowed a bit and the plot seemed a bit chaotic in the sense that it deviated from one character to the next without ever fully exploring one particular dynamic. 

The ending was really good and the foreshadowing was definitely there leading up to it, however it did feel a tad rushed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse

regen20's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.0

I didn’t know what to expect from this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. The middle has me hooked, but the ending felt like it left something out. An interesting description of middle age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

hajarfoundi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

lit_fic_nic_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

joannanewsom's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A book full of nuanced and complicated conversations about power, art, “cancel culture,” and academia. Our narrator is full of conflicting ideas and vanity and insecurity (she kind of sucked and I liked it), it was fun to inhibit her psychology for a little bit. Basically all of the characters are unlikeable but in a very juicy, authentic way. Something didn’t totally click for me with this one, I felt like the ending was kind of clunky or disconnected. Overall this was an interesting character study (and study of academia itself) but it didn’t necessarily blow me away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Alcohol

basicbookstagrammer's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping