Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves

14 reviews

pey333's review against another edition

emotional funny

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, and Vomit

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I’m still unsure my feelings so I’m going to let it sit for a bit before I do a proper review but I enjoy it with the exception of a few things but my initial thoughts;

There is more sexual content in this book then make me comfortable for something being marketed as a ya book with 17yo characters to 14+…(from what I’ve seen) yes I was reading more graphic stuff younger but something about the frequency and level of detail coupled with the constant reminder they aren’t over 18 yet and it being marketed from what I’ve seen as 14+ just felt off and took me out of the story a quite often. yes, it’s like quite true to reality from what I remember about being 17 and I mean it was only like 3 years ago... but from the way I had seen it marketed it felt like it wasn’t what I would’ve expected. 
 
I really love the mental health rep, the queer rep, I found the book really funny at times and I think the more emotional stuff was handled well (PLEASE CHECK CW/TW) but I just kept getting pulled out of the story so I need to sit with it a bit more or re read now that I know what to expect so I’m not so thrown by it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

The narrator/MC is a 17yo boy and there is a fair amount of sexual scenes throughout the book between 17yo’s, they aren’t overly graphic but they are quite frequent and not fade to black. ➖ There is a scene where a friend of his talks about using dating apps while under age and explains how he lies about his age to sleep with older people (adult/minor relationships) and at one point Quique decides to give it a try, there is no adult/minor relations however he does go over to this man’s house and it ends up being someone in a position of power over him, again it is not used and is handled well but the man is

His favourite teacher

lettuce_read's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, and Racism