Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo  Brown

53 reviews

books_xoxo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

2.25

I liked the book, There were parts that truly broke me. But other than that really good 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault

aseel_reads's review

cannot get behind the writing style

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

livinthebubble's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

I always feel bad rating an important book like this a low rating but I just didn't like it. So many other people said they loved this and sobbed and I'm sad I didn't experience the same thing as them.

Important Read

This book talks about poverty, racism, the hardships that come with being a woman, and the assault of minors, among other important topics. It was tough to read at times, with the graphic scenes here and there, though I still appreciate this being written and having read it.

Ending

Most of the book was just ok to me, although I enjoyed one of the scenes at the end, where the main group write messages on the trees. I thought it was a lovely scene and the messages were uplifting after a dark book.

Magical Realism

I think this is another case of "it's not you, it's me" and me not properly reading what books are about before reading/buying them. I dislike most books with magical realism, and I didn't realize that this was a magical realism book.

Confusing

The wizard stuff was just confusing to me, and the time jumps/scene jumps connected by dashes were so weird and just didn't work for me.

Overall, this just wasn't for me and I'm really sad that I didn't like it as much as everyone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Racism

amberinbookland's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Racism, Bullying, Addiction, Suicide, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical content, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Classism, and Alcohol

baileyvk's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse

mal_bookedatfirstsight's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Rape

sophiesmallhands's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Car accident and Medical content

realisticreader1's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Addiction

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

No words, just tears

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

overdose, hospital stay

kimnlove56's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

This is the second novel with autobiographical groundings I've read in the past few weeks. And like the other (Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being), this one uses magical realism to bend whatever truth is behind the story. The author is certainly not sugar-coating her story, but by adding the magical elements to the telling, she's able to ease us through the events in a way I found quite effective. 

There are sections of the book that flip back and forth from two seemingly unrelated scenes, and in listening to the audio version of the book, it was a little difficult to catch on when this was happening. But that would be my only complaint. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault