Reviews tagging 'Death'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

192 reviews

shelbtastic96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

gjenn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

sas_lk's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Woah, where to even start. This is such an important novel. 
I am so so proud of being a woman, but wow do we have to fight for ourselves daily. In every corner, patriarchy tries to control women, set them back, label them as unreliable; as insane. 
In this novel, Knoll discusses the "true crime craze" and how it's low-key so messed up, and that instead of remembering the victims names, it's the murderer, the evil monster that killed them. How many of us know Ted Bundy's name but not his victims names? 
Knoll discusses how the media portrays this man, this serial killer as brilliant, handsome, a genius, when all he was, was a sick human being. Why is he admired? 
This was a I love women, women are amazing book, and screw inferior men that kill those who shine brighter than them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ksanderss's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Murder

apaolillo24's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Lesbophobia

mbgibson825's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Blood

kyra_613's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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? No

3.5

it started off really slow but when it picked up it picked up FAST. for about the first third of the book i was having a really hard time liking the main character, but her she became MUCH more tolerable as the book went on in my opinion. the author's style of writing made for some really amazing metaphors and imagery most of the time, but there were points i needed to reread several times because the metaphors got a bit lost. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia

jazzmarie22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

wow wow wow—this book was so much more than i was expecting. it feels like being seen (as a woman) in a major way even if this isn’t explicitly something that a person has had to deal with. it’s the idea of being constantly questioned and not believed because of who you are. this book was AMAZING.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Outing

openandhostile's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia