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My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

325 reviews

weirdgirlcoded's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

this book rocked me to my core — moved me in a way that i haven’t felt in a long time. i poured over it for days, and wept, and felt vanessa’s rollercoaster of emotions with her.  i am forever changed from this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

clo_l's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a really great book. It filled me with so many emotions from the very first page. It felt so incredibly real & I guess, in a way, it was.
Dark, beautiful, captivating, nauseating, intense. 
Amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Drug use, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Excrement, and Animal death

madelaineh's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Alcoholism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is full of triggers, so be warned. It’s a story of identity, grappling, and reckoning after a teen girl is groomed and sexually abused by a teacher. This is the world we live in, one where sexualizing young girls is normal and often overlooked (or rather, not looked at hard enough). For this reason, to help protect those girls, I hope every parent, educator, and teen girl reads this book. It was emotionally difficult and very very cringey, but it was important to have read it. I feel even more protective of my own girls as a result.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Grief, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

jennameyers's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

It is incredible how the author puts you in the mind of Vanessa. You really feel her feelings and her perspective. A devastating but  incredibly written novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Rape, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Death, and Alcoholism

lunaslemons's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Alcoholism

arloisgross's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Sexual assault

rebekka's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Misogyny, Vomit, Mental illness, Grief, Death, and Cursing

trishnasaha's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Grief

julia091's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Death of parent