Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

75 reviews

sophiafaurs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Medical content, Misogyny, Outing, and Confinement

Minor: Drug use, Gore, Grief, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

chaoticbyrddemon's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.75

It's overall a really good book. 
I enjoyed both of the character perspectives, both from Angel and Jimmy. 
Angel's character was a bit nice. At first, it reminded me of the book "Kill the Boy Band" which has a similar concept, but it was executed rather poorly and to an extreme level. Angel's character was really well written, and I enjoyed the research that Alice Oseman put into making sure that her character was accurate.

Angel having a safe space and really only bonding in fandom culture definitely hit close to home and I really enjoyed seeing her grow throughout the story.

Jimmy's character was definitely a lot, and I really enjoyed it. Seeing how he and the rest of the band had to deal with everything and such was really interesting. Each of the members has their own ways of coping with things, and I think learning and reading about that were really nice. 
My favorite character was Lister, who seems to fall into a trope that I enjoy.

Star who is oversexualized and relying on addiction.

Definitely not a super common one. But the way he was written was really interesting.

Upon first glance when you first meet him, he seems like a completely different character. However as the story goes on, not only his problems but the problems of the band are revealed and we learn more about them and how they deal with things.

It's definitely a book I'd read again, having lots of surprising twists and such, some of which make me super happy and others worried. It's a book that I think I'd want to annotate in the future and I'd highly recommend it. 
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CW: mentions of religion, drug use, blackmail, stalking, antisemitic stereotypes (in mention), blood, violence, addiction, eating disorders (mentioned), suicidal thoughts, family struggles, break ups, near death, hospitals, biphobia (mentioned), transphobia (mentioned), 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Biphobia

jjstallone's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia, Blood, Outing, Stalking, and Vomit

christineolivia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Minor: Death

torikate7's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

I think this book did an excellent job of capturing the teenage experience of being obsessed with a band/artist/celebrity, and examining the nuances and impact that celebrity status can really have on a person’s life and mental health. Honestly it captured those  things so well that it was almost a little hard/uncomfortable to read sometimes. I think it’s an important story, though, and would bring up good discussions, especially among a teen audience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Transphobia

_mariah_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Moderate: Biphobia, Transphobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

nickyz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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

4.5

This book hit HARD! It's my third Alice Oseman book and I loved it. The characters are created with so much love and thought that you can only fall in love with each one of them. And it was so interesting to read about a fan living her life for a band and a band member who can't handle the fans and the fame. Both stories were told with such sincerity and honesty, that you could understand both sides. Neither one was potrayed as "the only right opinion". Also, I love the amount of attention and emphasis Oseman puts on the importance of friendship. Truly a great book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking and Sexual assault

teaskate's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

I found this book really interesting and somewhere also a bit eye opening. Because I think many people struggle with this topic. Having this idea of someone and being so stuck in this idea and forgetting that there is a real person behind it. I do think there are some topics that could have been more resolved in the end.

As an example Listers drug abuse or just in general the near future.

But I believe that the whole book has some good discussions and opens an important one about fan culture.
Thank you :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Transphobia

simbarabbit20's review against another edition

2.0

Two teenagers meet online through a boy band fandom. They meet in London for a concert by a boy band. The story is told by Angel one of the teenagers and jimmy one of the band members. It looks at the challengers of both sides. 

It was a good book but not really my taste in book. I finished it in the hope it got better. It didn’t. It felt all over the place and unrealistic. I loveless so I had high hopes for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Stalking, Addiction, and Transphobia

Minor: Blood and Self harm

embla_v's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

4.25

Den här boken var inte det jag förväntade mig men jag är glad att den inte var det. Otroligt underhållande, dramatisk och känslosam. 

Boken har två POVs, det första är Angel. Angel är en fangirl och hon lever för the Ark. Det andra POVet är Jimmy, en av de tre medlemmar i the Ark. 

När Jimmy och Angel plötsligt mötts inser de att allt kanske inte är som det verkar och att verkligheten skiljer sig från tankar och drömmar. 

Det här är en otrolig "coming of age" bok som bjuder på skratt, visdom och tårar. Oerhört relaterbara karaktärer och bra representation. 100% läsvärd!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Outing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault