Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

As de picas by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

710 reviews

annahill888's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Bullying, Car accident, Outing, Homophobia, and Classism

mogojojo1013's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This book was amazing, I devoured it in two days and could hardly put it down. It was such a wild ride, and really eye opening. I loved the growing friendship between Chiamaka and Devon even if they came from different backgrounds, and the ending swept me off my feet. The queer representation was fantastic as well. I will absolutely recommend this book till the day I die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Drug use, Death of parent, and Grief

zoea08's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Hate crime, Classism, Bullying, Racism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Car accident, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

grayvie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Cursing

sonovahades's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This was great. so intense, but in a great way, tho not sure that sounds right. at first, i didn't like chiamaka. she knew what she wanted, sure, but she still acted very naive and very mean. but she got there in the end, so i liked her also. devon was my favourite since the beginning. he was a little pessimistic, but at least more realistic than Chiamaka xd also i love his mom so much... honestly, i figured this book will have a strong theme of racism (which is why i picked it up) i did not expect this. this was so much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Racial slurs

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

mithridatic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Car accident, Racism, Outing, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Stalking

Minor: Suicide attempt and Racial slurs

dannie_xx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Racism, Violence, Bullying, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

ronjaizabell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Bullying

teetea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, and Gaslighting

soniaiscool's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Outing, Classism, Homophobia, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt