Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

67 reviews

notalightbulb's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

Listen to the Juno soundtrack while you listen it will enhance the experience. honestly, kimya dawson in general. i love pizza girl and the way she sees the world depression and vibes and all 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Addiction, and Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Infidelity

stine_0's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Vomit, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Physical abuse

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Infidelity, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Death of parent

scarroll178's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit. What a wild ride. I love the writing style; it’s so vivid, I could imagine the scenes playing out like a movie. The dynamic between Pizza Girl and Jenny Hauser was so fascinating: the past looking to the future. I understood why the MC fixated on this woman when she barely even knew her. I could even understand why the MC had the strained relationship she had with her mom and boyfriend, the way she resented being cast in the role of mother.

I do think the ending was a bit unsatisfying. She and her boyfriend are going to be okay now? And she’s left bagging groceries and being a mom? I thought the book might end with her realizing what she really wanted to do with her life, not embracing the role that she was stuck with.

Overall, great book, and I’d definitely be interested in reading this author again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

booksandbulletjournaling's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

snoodle_poodle's review

dark emotional sad

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I just know I would have loved this book as a teenager, but at the age of 27 I think it tries to do more than it can handle in 200 pages. It kept me intrigued until it started getting ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Addiction

Moderate: Infidelity

amarhefke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Minor: Gun violence

lordslag's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

The first half of the book is alot of inner monologue and nothing happening and it was really hard for me to go through, actually I thought I was going to hate this book BUT The second half makes it so worth it Omg I cried so hard my head hurts. I also read the acknowledgments after which isn’t something I usually do Please please please read this if you’re thinking about it omg

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence and Car accident