Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

10 reviews

skokalis's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is an amazing work that I personally have reread multiple times at different ages and places in my life. Each time I read it I grew to love it more, and on a different, deeper level, furthering my understanding of it. Before I Fall is a book about a girl in high school who is stuck reliving her last day alive and has to figure out what she wants her legacy to be. What does she want to do? Who does she want to have good relationships with, and who would she be better without? Each reset makes Samantha "Sam" Kingston reflect more on her life and others' and begins to find out more about herself and who she truly is. Read Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver to find out more about Sam's life changing decisions, relationships, and death, and maybe learn a little bit more about yourself in the process. This book changed my life and will change everything you previously thought about yours. Don't say I didn't warn you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death

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

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

kileyk11's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

I felt like there was too much sexual content and not much of it really added to the story? Also I found the narrator’s voice for the audiobook to be really annoying ://

I also wish that more was explained about Sam’s death. I was expecting it to have a stronger ending I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content

starlien's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide attempt, Death, Self harm, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual content

regalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Death, Car accident, Bullying, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Alcoholism

wild_as_flowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, and Alcohol

marissareids's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

tinysierra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”

I love time loop books/movies, so it came out as no surprise that I fell in love with this book. I don't think this book isn't everyone's cup of tea, to be honest. Sam is unlikable, and throughout the book she starts to reflect on her behavior from having to relive the same day over again. It makes you start to question yourself and how your behavior affects other people, too. 

I also thought the movie was an okay adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Death, and Sexual content

ravensandlace's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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I couldn’t decide what to read. It was between two books and I can’t quite remember the other one. So I decided to do what any normal person would do in this situation and that was to let my dog pick what book I should read. I held up the two books and said pick one. She picked this one by putting her nose on the book and boy, does Shelby have good taste because this was an amazing book. I devoured it in just a few sittings. I didn’t want it to end, if I’m being honest. 

On the surface, it doesn’t seem like the type of book anyone, let alone me, would enjoy. The MC, Sam, is your typical mean girl with your typical mean girl best friends. Like who wants to read a book about that? I know that I don’t. I can’t stand the mean girl trope even if there ends up being some sort of redeeming quality at the end. Like the mean girl learns her lesson and is a better person. I just can’t stand that. 

But this book is so much more! I very much regret judging this book so harshly. I need to stop that and let the book just speak for itself. It’s about Sam coming to grips with her past actions and behaviors, unlearning those toxic traits and trying to right those people she wronged in her life. I know I know, I said I didn’t like that kind of trope in the paragraph above. But this book, it did it so differently. There were a lot of ups and downs and I was just sucked in. 

While I absolutely loved this book, all I felt was pain. It reminded me of the Song of Achilles. I knew I was going to be terribly hurt but I couldn’t stop myself from devouring the book. I had this pain in my heart that wouldn’t go away. Because I had a feeling that things weren’t going to end the way I wanted them too. I wanted and hoped for so much.

From now on, I’m letting Shelby pick all my books because she did an amazing job. Someone remind me to give her treats for this when I see her next month in November. But for real, I highly recommend this book. Don’t let the trope of the mean girl get to you. It’s so much more than that. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

There are instances of the word "retard" being used in a derogatory fashion.