Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh

45 reviews

blep's review against another edition

reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

Meh 🤷
The writing is phenomenal its just not that great of a plot

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

thebookkeepers's review

emotional 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

3.25

This book started off strong for me, but the ending came abruptly and the tale felt unfinished. I enjoyed the nonlinear format and how we bounce between current day college & flashback scenes from various times of her childhood. There were some heavy themes in this I was looking forward to seeing the main character over come but didn’t feel like it truly was flushed out once I reached the final page. I was craving more closure for this main character and to know what’s next for her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, and Sexual assault

thebookgiraffe's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Emotional abuse

moriahleigh's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Outing

cstark's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

Poetry telling a story. Beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Mental illness

justgraceanne's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic relationship

christcore's review against another edition

3.5

I wanted to like it, but it was meandering and didn’t have a clear resolution. The queer content is subtext in a college friendship. The story is about her learning to embrace herself and find her love of dancing, but dancing is mentioned fairly infrequently. She talks more about drawing dancers than doing it herself. 
CW: Childhood sexual assault by family member & humiliating experience revealing it during a medical exam. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

thatenbyisisreads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

This book highlights the unfortunate reality of black queer kids not being able to express their unique, authentic selves due to overbearing, strict, and religious parents. I saw a lot of myself through the lens of Ada. 

Especially, within this quote of being expected to learn the duties that come with being a "future wife/mother". "The sixth grade was already impossible without Aunty's return to change everything/ now I can't eat without permission/ I can't watch tv without permission/ It's now my job to clean the kitchen/ as the oldest child/ as the first daughter/ learning her duties as a future wife/ and mother/ who was going to understand/ all I wanted to learn/ was how to make friends/ at school." Growing up, I didn't have a safe space anywhere, including my own home due to this similar situation. 

Overall, It's important to have more young adult books to highlight topics like these because young, queer me would've felt so seen and heard. I love that this generation has the ability to have this representation readily available to them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Cursing

moniipeters's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

tallybae's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, and Rape