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Moja mroczna Vanesso by Kate Elizabeth Russell

625 reviews

madkat37's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0


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bedoyle's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0


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bridget_magpie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is infuriating, extremely difficult to read. Please look up content warnings!!!

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haileyyfin's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

As a soon to be social worker, this book is absolutely amazing. I wanted to give it 5 stars, but due to the nature of the topic, I decided to bump down to a 4.75 as it is very descriptive and a work of fiction. The book portrays Vanessa Wye, from the ages of 14/15 to 33. The reader endures Vanessa's teenage and adult years, struggling throughout an inappropriate relationship with a teacher in her teenage years, and working through the adverse effects that caused trauma to Vanessa during her adult life. The book was extremely disturbing and difficult to read, but that is the entire point. You want to hate the characters, their relationship and feel disturbed, and the book did a fantastic job of making me feel this way. Not only did it do a great job of evoking disgust and fear within me, but it did a wonderful job portraying mental health issues and how badly they can affect oneself. Vanessa definitely struggled with post-traumatic stress issues based on her teenage relationship, and seemed to have a deep trauma-bond with her former teacher, which struggled to allow her to see the criminality of the situation. This book is extremely realistic and touches base on dire issues that are constantly occurring in today's society, but most people are either afraid to talk about, or turn a blind eye too. Even though it is a work of fiction, it did a wonderful job of portraying a current, real issue and the traumatic effects of it. Finally, it also highlights the comorbidity of mental health disorders, and the comorbidity of illness symptoms. It also shows that intimate partner violence/child abuse comes in many forms, and this is not widely talked about! I would highly recommend anyone read this book, especially social workers or those working in the mental health and/or educational field!!! Just be mindful of possible triggers. 

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katebond's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.25


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annahollamby's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Loved this book, but needed to take several lengthy breaks from it due to the very triggering subject matter. That being said, Russell's writing is very sharp and insightful. I found myself longing to jump into the pages to help the protagonist (then realising she'd hate me for having this impulse). 

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skye_c's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0


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errie's review against another edition

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

4.0


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gigglygabriela's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5


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shaylierae's review against another edition

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

4.0


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