Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

18 reviews

mrsjoellebell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Fascinating yet sickening, this book is like a derailed train…you just can’t help but to keep looking even when you feel like you should turn away. The plot of the story is unbelievable on purpose, because who ever thinks they’re going to be attacked by a serial killer. I liked the two different perspectives but found the shifting timeline confusing from time to time and I had to check the chapter heading and make sure I knew where I was in time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Stalking, Violence, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

If I still need to explain toxic masculinity to anyone who’s read this book, I give up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Homophobia, Mental illness, Child death, Blood, Violence, Lesbophobia, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Dementia, Confinement, Death of parent, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Rape

yourstrulytay'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Inspired by the real women who were murdered by an extremely pathetic man, this book flips the narrative from the traditional and focuses on the "bright young women" whose lives were cut short by someone who could not stand his own mediocrity.

This was an amazing portrayal of a case that has all too often been centred on the perpetrator, who has been made out to be some handsome, brilliant mastermind, instead of the small, pathetic man who held conflated ideas of his own importance. This story is about the women whose lives he stole, specifically, but also all women who have had to dim themselves to make the men around them feel brighter, and those who have been vilified and punished for daring to outshine.

This book was viscerally satisfying to read, and I will recommend it will my whole entire being to anyone and everyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Outing, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Infidelity, Grief, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Rape, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest and Eating disorder

imstephtacular's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Mental illness, Body shaming, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Classism, Cursing, Sexual content, Dementia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

Minor: War, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Racism, Kidnapping, Incest, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Physical abuse

muddymind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

This book showed me our monsters aren’t so scary after all 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Child death

Minor: Gun violence

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Outing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Stalking

aileron's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexism, Child death, Violence, Dementia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Car accident, Incest, Animal cruelty, and Eating disorder