Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

25 reviews

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

lovetoread18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Outing, and Sexual harassment

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

I have mixed feelings on this one - 3 stars seems too low, 4 stars seems to high, 3.5 still doesn’t seem right 😂
The writing here, I feel, is really solid. The narrative of bad things sometimes also happen to bad people is an interesting take - the protagonist here is an insufferable sociopath, she has very little redeemable qualities and everything she does/says makes you not want to root for her. But, at the end of the day, her trauma is STAGGERING. At what point does it become understandable that you’re a terrible person when so many horrible, unfathomable things have happened to you? For me, this is more of a character study than a thriller. Goes without saying that there are many, many trigger warnings here. Many reviews have said this is like Walmart Gone Girl and I think that’s probably selling it a bit short and doing a disservice to the book, since Gone Girl is a dark and twisted thriller through and through, which this is not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

An interesting book but nothing mind-blowing. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

sirquedusoleil's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

2.0

The entire book is filled with extremely real problems and unfortunate outcomes. It often references pop culture, elitism, eating disorders & relationships that might make a reader uncomfortable but the messaging is most important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction and Racial slurs

pernillelsk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

phantasmaboo's review against another edition

I rarely DNF books, but this book was far too dark, racist, misogynistic, and fatphobic for me to continue reading. There are many triggers for this book that I would recommend considering before you read it. Worse, I don't believe that the author has any ability to spot how terrible the behavior of her main and supporting characters are. The main character herself is shallow and, frankly, a terrible person. Although this could work in the novel's interest, pitting our dislike for the character against the awful happenings that created such a person, the author is overall unsuccessful. 

While I tried to give grace because it is inspired by the rape of author, I finally stopped when the author uses a variation of the n-word to describe people of Middle Eastern descent. Overall, I made it about 40% of the way through the book and just couldn't see it through. Ironically, I do believe that the book is a perfect representation of white supremacy and patriarchal societies, although not in the way the author intended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

umibozus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.25

There's a passage where a family member of Luke's uses the term "sand n*gger", which isn't needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

aimee1991's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a great book! I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend however please read through the warnings if you’ve suffered sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

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