Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

26 reviews

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

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

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

laurmarvs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Rape, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Death, Murder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Eating disorder, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

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

injeniouslife's review against another edition

Author drops a hard R twice, no pushback from the characters. Casual homophobia present in many characters. FMC is drugged and raped multiple times. Basically a how-to for anorexia and disordered eating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Rape

mouwuol's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

frey_mainee's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

CW: The main character talks obsessively about her body as well as others, and could be triggering for someone with an ED. Also discusses sexual assault, suicide and mass shootings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Eating disorder

lilabachere's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Racial slurs