Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Flawless by Sara Shepard

9 reviews

livingwithghost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

the jenna thing has not escaped my mind since when i read this book for the first time at 13 years old. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Toxic friendship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol, Incest, Cursing, Grief, Car accident, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Blood, and Racism

blueyekyanite's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Homophobia, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

veskumelooni's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, Bullying, and Body shaming

fanboyriot's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Lots of problems start for Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer along with “A” being more involved in their lives.  It’s kinda funny to see how different the books and TV show are, re-reading these books really makes me see those little differences a lot more.  This is a nice fast-paced mystery with problematic characters who no matter what always make the wrong decisions—yet it keeps my interest enough for me to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

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

stupidforcupid's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book!!! I loved it! It was soo good, BUT there were some things that were quite problematic, so I gave it 4.5 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder

regalreads's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

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