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Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

39 reviews

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

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

arbramirez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Islamophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Outing

emma_c11's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Vomit and Suicide attempt

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

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.

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

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

timetotalkbeauty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

vtlism's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this writing, the voice needs to be bottled and the main character development was perfection, nothing 8 thought about her at the beginning was true by the end. I noticed slice/line imagery throughout but would love to know the author's intent with that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

indralei's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

leialeilani's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt