Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

55 reviews

strixy16's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

bf9288's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this story. If you enjoy second-chance romances, breaking generational cycles of trauma, and healing this is a great book. I  recommend checking the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

alenanguyen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

WHITNEY WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!! THIS FUCKED ME UP!!!!!! I kid you not I got WAR flashbacks to the first time I watched La La Land!!!!!!!! I was SOBBING at the end oh my GODDDD!!!!!!!!!

This book was the POC combination of all my favorite tropes: multigenerational ethnic family drama featuring the right person at the right time. oh my god I will be haunted by this book forever.

Like, where do I begin?! Every character is just so COMPLICATED in their own ways, and the prose was just beautiful and so deep and I am just emotionally ripped apart by this book. Luckily, I was stitched together by the end, but it was SUCH a hard journey. I’m so glad that somebody convinced Tia Williams to write an epilogue because if she left it the way she did, I would riot- I could not be left in that emotional state that I was in when I finished the book. Eva and her whole lineage of women is just so beautiful and complex that I feel like this was one of those love stories that’s more than the advertised love story and it was just perfect. I feel like it was not even about the romance; it was about everything else, which was so perfect. Audre is so astute for her age. I thought she was 16 this entire time but she’s 12?! No way. And Shane is more than brooding, Male writer; the chapter with Ty was actually devastating and I will think about the way the chapter ended forever. I knew I had to finish the book in one sitting after that paragraph because I was like I cannot leave this book in the state like I need to know to tie in the reveal is just so heartbreaking. 

I love that one of Tia Williams’s comps is one day because that’s so perfect. I need to be ripped apart emotionally again in the way this book hurt me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, and Self harm

maireadryan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I had complicated feelings about this book. I thought Tia Williams did an incredible job portraying pain and what it’s like to live with a disability, addiction, recovery, depression, self harm, and the toll of poverty on a person. I enjoyed seeing Eva and Shane’s growth throughout the story and their deep connection felt palpable. However, the side characters were all so extreme in their personalities that they seemed more like caricatures of people rather than supporting characters with substance. Additionally, the languages and pop culture references really date the story and things like the use of social media (twitter, instagram, etc) seem exaggerated. Every time it was mentioned it took me out of the story. I wish we got more of a conclusive ending and saw more of Shane and Eva as an adult couple. The ending left me dissatisfied and wanting more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

basketkaceee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

sarajuni's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

maddy_brown99's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

After years of hearing about this book, I imagined it to be a slow, sad, brooding romance. It is definitely some of those things (check the content warnings!), but the tone is also light and readable, which came as a surprise. I honestly felt like it maybe could have gone deeper and taken a bit more time? Like the content was definitely heavy, but the way it was addressed wasn't super lived-in. I really really liked the ending and the overall themes of self-discovery and not having to be perfect to be loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

its_the_lauraxx's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

I don't know that there's any one thing that makes a book "good", but I do know that I didn't enjoy myself while reading this, and I have no idea why its readers are so insistent about others knowing this story. Shane and Eva's love scared me in maybe a really good way, but coupled with all the pain and trauma it grew in? This was tough. Emotionally I was exhausted on page 65, but I didn't know the content warnings beforehand so that could be part of it.  There are a lot of good parts of this book (Audre's entire character, Eva's honesty with herself about her relationship with her mother) that give me glimpses of why it's so popular, but I just won't condone the abundance of triggering content for the sake of the narrative. The arc of Ty's character was not okay. So let's just say that with the dark twists and romanticizing of self harm, it was a long seven days reading this. 

The syntax was gorgeous, though. I felt everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Self harm

Moderate: Child death and Violence

Minor: Rape

wowsmeows's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

"Girls are given the weight of the world, but nowhere to put it down. The power and magic born in that struggle? It’s so terrifying to men that we invented reasons to burn y’all at the stake, just to keep our dicks hard."

 

Seven Days In June is about two writers. They had an intense week-long relationship in their teens, and have been using each other as muses for their writing ever since. 

I absolutely loved this book. I thought it was written beautifully and I truly felt the intensity of their relationship. I really liked how the story was revealed one a day at a time, flicking between past and present.

It also raised some interesting topics such as disability, generational trauma, positive co-parenting, and online fan culture. 

The only reason that this wasn't a 5* for me was just because I felt the ending was a little rushed. Minor spoilers:

I wish we had a bigger reconciliation for Eva and Shane than just the epilogue. It felt a bit too fast. 

I'd really recommend this one, but maybe check out content warnings first. 

 "I had to teach myself how to breathe again, in a world without you in it."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dangselena's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely love this author. The timeline and narrator jumping never felt confusing at ALL. It just made the story more vibrant and detailed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail