Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

88 reviews

pinecone22's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Gun violence, Rape, Eating disorder, and Violence

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I have to admit this book surprised me more than once. I thought it was going in a certain direction that I was sure was going to be banal. Then it pivoted and pivoted again and pivoted again. The only thing banal was the ending, but I didn’t mind that because it felt like it needed to be. After all the trauma and turmoil in her life, Ani deserved banal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Death, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Homophobia, Blood, Bullying, Gun violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Eating disorder, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

aimlib's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

🦉What started like Gone Girl escalated so fast to something completely unexpected, touching very important topics, from

rape to bullying

and whatnot, and that 200 pages towards the climax plot twist got me completely by surprise.

I had to read twice to figure out what exactly happened at the cafeteria. DID NOT see that coming.

And yes, it IS one of those great stories that you can't put down until you get to the end.

Even though you finally find out what happens, there are untangled knots that you want to loosen up, so, you end up reading till you know for sure that it has ended.

A very realistic read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Bullying

gellyy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, and Bullying

ebettridge's review against another edition

Didn’t love the constant references to body size and shape, also the flashbacks to high school were a little triggering for me. Present day the main character is mean… The actual storyline could be good but I’m a quarter of the way in and there is barely a reference to “what happened.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder and Bullying

incorvusveritas's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Body shaming, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

tabsmith's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, Vomit, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

eevee_saur137's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

A hard to read book about a broken person. Knoll's style of writing very clearly shows how the domino effect of Tiffani's traumas destroyed her as a person and though you can't say you like her decisions or even her as a person, you understand exactly why she is the way she is.

I've seen a lot of reviews mentioning Gone Girl. I missed the marketing for this book so I might be late but let me say it's nothing like that book. To be clear, Gone Girl is brilliant, but this is not that kind of story. Not to spoil too much, but the biggest distinctions for me are 1) Gone Girl is about revenge and this story is about the beginnings of healing and 2) Amy acts, while Tiffani is acted upon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Drug use

For the graphic: The slur is used once, the main character is disgusted by it. The shooting takes up a chapter. The moderate: It is not a minute by minute description but every act is described and you know enough. The minor: Teen behavior and adult trauma responses. The "adult/minor" tag I added because

even though nothing happens between Tiffani and her teacher while she's a child, the feelings she has toward him, back then and as an adult, may still be triggering.

lakinlindsey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Lesbophobia

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Outing, Suicide, Violence, Fatphobia, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, and Self harm