Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

43 reviews

nafsaila's review against another edition

4.0

Tragedy shifts Emery's life right before her junior year. Her leg is injured in a car accident, but out of everyone involved, she's probably doing the best. Her brother ended up in rehab, the driver is in jail, and Candy didn't even make it. How can she face the next year, let alone her classmates at school? She's always felt invisible at home, compared to her beautiful older sister and brother battling with addiction. Where can she find some relief? 

Seeing these problems through Emery's perspective is very interesting. Would recommend to those that are looking for more dramatic and realistic stories, where everything does not fall nicely into place just because we'd like it to. Also any fans of the Glasgow's previous popular works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

kiwialmighty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is heart-shattering, brilliant and raw. I loved this book from start to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

jennneely82's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Cancer

thiasgomez's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

unchargedbook's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cancer and Sexual content

booksandcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

hue's review against another edition

dark sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

romajstorovic's review against another edition

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

5.0

When I finished this book I cried for nearly twenty minutes. I’d already been crying for a long time before that. This book hits incredibly close to home and managed to smack you right in the face with such incredible realism and emotion. Almost everything Joey and Emmy said and thought - throughout the book, yes, but particularly right at the very end - struck such a note with me. I fell in love with Joey almost instantly because he was like me. He was messed up and unsure of how to help himself, and this was shown in such a real and honest way that I couldn’t help but love him. Emmy, too; the way she’s desperate to help her brother despite the fact that there’s really nothing she can do is so raw and painful. Absolutely incredible, and a book I will be pushing onto as many people as I physically can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

booksofautumn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

So, I admittedly went into this one not realizing it's YA, which is not my genre. That said, considering this as a YA book, I think it's an important read about teenage addiction and its impact on families that many teenagers are going to feel seen in. 

I was also heartened by its brave ending that refused to give easy answers, and even further heartened by the author's note explaining her own addiction and sobriety journey, which is most certainly a big part of why, for me, as someone who also has a history of addiction and several years sober at this point, the narrative felt so honest.

Sometimes it did feel like that YA thing where an adult author is imagining what kids these days are like and it's not quite right. 

But overall, a good read and I think an important YA entry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism