Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

9 reviews

foolygirl's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Rape, Abandonment, Child abuse, Incest, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Cancer, Bullying, and Death

ezravarley's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

listen to the audiobook!!!! i struggle to read prose that’s broken up and styled in the way this book is, so listening to it gave me the full harrowing devastating experience of taking in this story. absolutely crushing story of abuse. don’t expect to finish this and feel good! that’s my cup of tea though and i loved how irish it was so good rating from me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Bullying, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Vomit

_rowan_'s review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Gore, Incest, Cancer, Rape, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Infidelity, Suicide, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

biddibee's review

challenging sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It's rare to read a book with a style of writing that I've never seen before. This book had that and I really admire it for that. But unfortunately for me it was so unique that it took a lot of focus to read and took me a long time to get through, which took me out of the story a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Rape

quirinebrouwer's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

daretoread's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Bullying, Sexual violence, Death, and Infidelity

casbee's review

this book is impossible to read with broken grammar, dreadful punctuation, and unclear wording and structure (and not in an edgy cute way). 
the plot is uninteresting, the characters are insufferable, the content is disgusting, and the lack of quotation marks makes it all the worse. 
personally i don't think you can throw trauma and sex and no quotation marks together and call it a masterpiece. 
i cant remember anything from the story and nothing about the book was good. 
dreadful experience; never again; no. i wouldnt recommend this book to my worst enemy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Infidelity

leahnott's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Rape

amberinbookland's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Ableism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Violence, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Grief, Incest, Cursing, and Blood