Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

8 reviews

moxiemin's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

I am not sure what I really expected from this book. But it wasn’t the happy go lucky coming of age I can tell you that much.  A intersting look of two best friends who had some really horrible and traumatic things happen in their lives. And it isn’t how they over came them.  But pretty much how they coped and adjusted.  Walking away from this book I just kind of feel awkward at best.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

orla_h's review

emotional tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

elissas_reads's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

Highly propulsive and very dark, but also with some funny and endearing moments. The voice and writing style is quite unique and took a few chapters to get used to. It felt a little like stream of consciousness storytelling. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend to every reader, because there are a lot of intense scenes and many content warnings, but I thought it was well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

lindsayhotrod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jackkoskinen's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

writingbookscoffee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective 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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, and Abandonment

lilyaugust's review

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide