Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

17 reviews

littlegretty's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Blood

alogna's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Suicide, and Rape

bookish_bridget's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was super fun to read. The writing is really funny and the rhetoric is super interesting which combined really well together. I also really enjoyed how the inclusion of letters was incorporated into the story structure and gave nice breaks in the action. New information was continuously revealed throughout the entirety of the book and up to the very end which made for an engaging read. Overall really enjoyed this author's writing style and the characters that he created. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction

vavocado's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

Smart-assery, charmingly endearing, quick-witted. This surprised me in the twists and turns but the connections between the characters put it over the top. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Car accident

cakrolik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Suicide

calamitywindpetal's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

e_scapes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

katerdate's review against another edition

I’m so sick of men thinking that they can use rape (against women) as a one off plot device. I was compelled by the story but the authors problematic, show-off, pretensions, I’m not like other girls personality was showing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Racism

ivan_levitt's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Sexual assault

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Stalking, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Car accident

katiieecat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed some of this book, and would have rated it three stars based solely on the quirky characters and found family vibes, but I has serious problems with this book, starting with how awful Mim is (I get that she’s young and troubled but all the body shaming and “I’m not like other girls” got to me). I love an unreliable asshole narrator, but this didn’t do it for me. My main issue, though -potential spoilers below….


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“I’m too old for you…for now.”

Gross. She’s 16 and he’s like 21? Made me hope she imagined him 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Vomit, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

Minor: Suicide, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Cursing, and Grief