Reviews tagging 'Death'

Girls before Earls - Alte Geheimnisse und neue Skandale: Roman by Lex Croucher

39 reviews

wackly93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Death, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

binevolentbookworm's review against another edition

medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Slavery

dropout's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying, Rape, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Grief

evakonic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

jackiepreston's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Homophobia, Death, Racism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Slavery

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

jenniferkrol's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

jules_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Vomit

pagesfromhome's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.5

While the back of the book compares this story to Jane Austen, Fleabag, and Bridgerton, it was really just essentially Mean Girls with a Skins twist. That’s not a bad thing, but it is worth noting that most of the characters are pretty awful and don’t really redeem themselves. 

I did enjoy the main romance and the writing style is SPECTACULAR. I just found myself wishing the characters weren’t so morally gray and that at least some of the characters got some comeuppance. All in all, it’s a good choice for anybody who wants a historical take on Mean Girls with a deeper and more emotional twist. Be aware of the content warnings though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism and Death

lidia7's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent and Blood