Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

La Chica Que Lo Tenia Todo by Jessica Knoll

17 reviews

connie3110's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

carolineeckels's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

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.

feyrelin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Violence, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Alcohol, Mental illness, Gore, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Death, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

zviews11's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child death, Body shaming, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

megpal26's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Rape, Eating disorder, and Gun violence

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

bridgetsjournal's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

3.5

I found it hard to finish. Aaneee is so hard to love as a person, because she treats everyone like sh*t, mostly women. Because of what happened to her it’s not really understandable, but everyone reacts differently to trauma - and she clearly didn’t work on it with therapy. Also, there should be a few trigger warnings at the beginning of the book for eating disorders, SA and  gun violence. I found this really hard to read the ed parts

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, and Rape

Moderate: Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Rape

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

katiea714's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Outing

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Cursing, Vomit, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, Animal death, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Vomit

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Cursing, Death, Rape, Violence, and Vomit