Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Female of the Species, by Mindy McGinnis

8 reviews

mvanhaas's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

airamst's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Rape

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

ximradletshuggx's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

streebela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

_autumn_'s review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, and Drug use

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

“But boys will be boys, our favorite phrase that excuses so many things, while the only thing we have for the opposite gender is women, said with disdain and punctuated with an eye roll.”

I really love this book. It’s a very difficult read, but it’s so important. It examines rape culture in many different ways. I honestly really liked Alex as a character. She was interesting and I loved seeing how she was growing as a person. Jack for the most part I liked, but he made me uncomfortable and annoyed at parts(the point). I really loved his and Alex’s relationship. I did enjoy peekay as a character as well and her friendship with Alex, and Sara and Alex and peekays friendship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Blood, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Sexism

sttellis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Infidelity, Vomit, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pedophilia, Cancer, Child abuse, and Drug abuse