Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

45 reviews

marena02's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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: Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Death, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual content, Rape, Chronic illness, and Car accident

myriam7's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Violence

Minor: Rape

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

A little spicy, a little sweet, this book is a brilliant love story. It focuses on two broken people and their journey to loving themselves and one another completely. I loved the characters, I loved the way the author including many present-day pop culture references and allusions, I loved the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Abandonment, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug use, Racism, and Rape

zjo_98's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Chronic illness, Self harm, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Rape, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident and Body shaming

alyssasaurus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Racism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Bullying, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

haley49's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

This book was a masterpiece of fiction…aside from a rushed final act this book had everything I wanted: the emotions, the complicated family dynamics, the questions of self, and the angst in love found between two complicated leads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Racism, Death, Sexual assault, Medical content, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape

runitsthepopo's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident, Death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

queenmudds's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

Just wow read it but check tw

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Self harm

nouriareads's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective

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

4.0

I loved Tia Williams’ writing style. The book is well-paced and there is a good balance between flashbacks and present day. The characters were funny and mostly pretty realistic, and the attraction between Eva and Shane (as adults) was undeniable. I loved the relationship between Eva and Audre, how protective of each other they are and how Eva would do anything to be the parent she didn’t have. It was interesting to see how Eva tackled life with an invisible disability because she is not public about it and has to pretend to be fine most of the time. The peek into the Black literati community was also refreshing. 

While being so passionately “in love” within 7 days as teenagers could make sense, the same feelings and intensity after 15 years with no contact and within the same timeframe seemed a little much and felt very rushed especially given how things ended. “In love” because that week when they were teenagers felt more like co-dependency and them encouraging each other's destructive behaviours. I don’t think the author glamorized that week, but there’s something I can’t quite pinpoint that made me feel like it was still a little romanticized. Maybe it was because it was written from a limited third-person POV and they thought they were in love. My issue was not feeling the stance “this is not love.” 

I didn’t appreciate how Ty was treated as a plot device for the (unnecessary) conflict and Audre had a few unrealistic traits

e.g. she’s read Freud, watched Midsommar and offers therapy sessions at 12

(though this might come from Eva’s parenting because sometimes they’re more friends than mother/daughter). 

Overall I really liked the book, but I recommend checking content/trigger warnings before reading if it’s something you need. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

bookrecsbyjess's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Death, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Cursing, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, Racism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident and Vomit