Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

16 reviews

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexism, Alcohol, and Car accident

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Rape

beanie89's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Rape

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Death, Bullying, and Car accident

crystalmethany's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Death, Suicide, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit

bsoviedo's review against another edition

inspiring reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

clmoore's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Bullying

lauraxxpaige's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Car accident

abbeyroad1410's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I first read this book in my sad girl, obsessed with death phase (at age 15, obviously, the time you would expect). It's a book that (despite giving it 4 stars), I have re-read several times because the last chapter always manages to make me tear up. 
I'm not going to lie, Sam is one of those girls in high school that everyone would have HATED because they were too popular and banded together with a pretty bully. That's also the whole point though. Additionally, the groundhog day concept is not unique, but the way this book does it is so well done and is meant to teach lessons to young adults. 
The chapters are really long because each one is a full day, but they have subsections which I find really helpful in breaking up the chapters so that readers aren't too flighty (even with them, sometimes my attention span is limited). I do think that having the chapters be this long makes sense for the content choice. 
Basically, I still really like this novel, though I think being so distant in age from the characters shifts my perspective from what should I get from this novel to what should people in

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder

aimeenotpond's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

aichaa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Eating disorder and Alcoholism