Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

7 reviews

trashboatwinter's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit

softboycafe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Child death, Misogyny, Blood, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Child death

lrn22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Be aware that this book has pretty much all the trigger warnings. It is a really hard read but also beautiful and haunting and will linger in my head for a long time to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Addiction, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

faithfullymoonstruck's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

brookey8888's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

“But boys will be boys, our favorite phrase that excuses so many things, while the only thing we have for the opposite gender is women, said with disdain and punctuated with an eye roll.”

I really love this book. It’s a very difficult read, but it’s so important. It examines rape culture in many different ways. I honestly really liked Alex as a character. She was interesting and I loved seeing how she was growing as a person. Jack for the most part I liked, but he made me uncomfortable and annoyed at parts(the point). I really loved his and Alex’s relationship. I did enjoy peekay as a character as well and her friendship with Alex, and Sara and Alex and peekays friendship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Blood, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Sexism

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

I am wrecked. This book wrecked me. 

The Female of the Species is HEAVY and dark. It's very real. Because of this, there are some very heavy themes and content warnings going in, so be prepared. 

It's a dark look into what rape culture does to all of us, who it hurts, who perpetuates it, and what it can do to our society as a whole. Spoiler alert: it's not a good look. I don't want to say more in case of spoilers, but I loved how it handled "girl hate" in that it did not allow for girl hate. It moved me, and I wish I had had this for myself throughout high school. 

In summary, read it. I highly recommend, not just to teens or young adults, but parents and educators as well. 

TW murder, sexual assault, rape, slut shaming, gore, violence, gun violence, animal cruelty, animal death (dogs, particularly), cheating, alcoholism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity