Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Flawless by Sara Shepard

14 reviews

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Eating disorder

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

sunflowerlu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Stalking, Racism, and Pedophilia

christineazopf's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Vomit

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I have a LOT more problems with the content this time around, now that I'm reading more critically. For starters, the relationships presented in these novels (especially the romantic ones) are wildly inappropriate. Age gap romances and inappropriate student-teacher relationships are so normalized in this that it's... disturbing. Also the way that body image and disordered eating is "discussed" in this is so harmful, especially to the young readers that these novels are targeted towards. I get that these are "mean" girls and these novels were written during a time where people (more specifically teens) got away with this behavior more, but YIKES.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Bullying, Stalking, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide