Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

41 reviews

primaproulla's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dxnatelli's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Classism

rcy's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

emmyshh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, and Cultural appropriation

kwoot7's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Choosing not to rate at the moment (4/26/24) due to the heaviness of the book making me not feel comfortable finishing the last <50 pages at this time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

lifeisaeisha's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book if hard to rate because it does some things very well, while failing in other areas.

The good: 

• it's very hard to talk about
  rape and sexual assault, especially as a survivor. So I definitely give the  author her props for approaching both that and school shootings,
  and depicting them both realistically. 
• The story was incredibly engaging. Although the characters were largely unlikable and at times insufferable, the plot had me locked in and I couldn't wait to get to the bottom of Ani's story and understand why she turned out the way that she did. 
• I think it was important to show characters like Ani's mother and
  the planned parenthood nurse
  . Women who perpetuate patriarchy by dismissing, downplaying, and outright ignoring obvious abuse.

The bad: 

• Right out the gate we are introduced to Ani's disordered eating, but at no point is it acknowledged as such, or as a thing for her to work on. Both times her best friend bright it up, she dismissed her and moved on. 
• The plot with
  the teacher
  was suuuuper unnecessary, and it was never acknowledged how creepy and inappropriate it was.
• (A personal gripe, not so much a fault of the author.) I would have liked to see more of how
  the documentary turned out and the fallout for Dean
  . I understand that Ani's closure came from the face to face acknowledgement of his crimes against her, but it would have been nice to see him finally lose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

I like an unlikable narrator. Especialy if I can understand how they got like that. Taking back control narrative is my niche thrope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bella_t_16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Suicide attempt

bookdragonk's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-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: Child death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing and Classism

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