Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane

3 reviews

cluckieduck's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

Wonderfully captivating, I couldn't put this book down and demolished it in 2 sittings. Mhairi's prose had such beautiful flow - it was sharp, witty, emotional, and relatable. But I agree with many others - this is NOT a romance novel. Unless you consider that the main relationship that develops in this novel is the relationship that Georgina grows with herself, but that's a stretch.

This story is full of the 'hurt people hurt people' mantra. While full of laugh-out-loud moments, it is also filled with grief, turmoil, and recounting of past traumas that readers shouldn't go into it lightly. However, I do think that Georgina's experience & growth will resonate with a lot of readers lived experiences.

"No one else is going to fix you. The only person who can fix you, is you. So Coldplay lied."

“Sometimes because the people we wanted to care for us, didn't care for us, we live with a deliberate lack of care for ourselves. A way of getting back at them, through self-neglect.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Violence, Confinement, Stalking, Death of parent, and Blood

tea_rea's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Sexism, Violence, Death, Body shaming, and Grief

emmawilkins's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, and Violence