Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

7 reviews

paziicrm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexism, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

carolinacortez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

okay, no me mal entiendan creo que este libro es increible, si tienes entre 16-19 años, por eso le di la cantidad de estrellas que le di. Alex es una fuerza del universo ideal para personas de esa edad, muestra lo que es una sororidad, lo que es estar de verdad para tus amigas, lo que es SER UNA AMIGA, es un libro muy oscuro y fuerte en cuanto a acoso y abuso sexual, empieza con un asesinato y a partir de ahí la violencia no disminuye, pero creo que la autora lo hiso de muy buena manera, nunca llegue a odiar o no estar de acuerdo con las acciones que tomaba Alex, de hecho creo que es una heroina, creo que lo que menos me gustó fue la relación romántica entre Alex y Jack, yo me hubiera enfocado aún más en a relación entre Claire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Torture

ximradletshuggx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

streebela's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

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

sttellis's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Infidelity, Vomit, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pedophilia, Cancer, Child abuse, and Drug abuse