Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor

7 reviews

melissa_b_67's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

mishale1's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

I’m trying to write this review especially carefully so it doesn’t come off as my saying this book was badly written. It was well written and clever. It offered a unique new spin on one of my favorite classics. I had been really looking forward to this book when I heard about it.
I can see that a lot of people reviewed this book much higher than I did. But reviews are personal and based on your own enjoyment of the book and I just didn’t love this version of Jay Gatsby. Yes, it absolutely put an interesting spin on the story. And I don’t want to spoil the storyline so I don’t want to go into much detail. I’ll just say that Gatsby was not a good guy in this book and I didn’t enjoy seeing his character that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Physical abuse

Minor: Murder

emilyanne_van's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Stalking

serenas_reads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Rape and Adult/minor relationship

tanjalunney's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Infidelity, Car accident, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

mysterymom40's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

character is blackmailed sex between adult and teen on page

audge's review against another edition

mysterious 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

idk, i just ate it up. this is now included in the Good For Her universe.

thought this retelling stayed true to the original source but has expanded the gatsby world in a great way. i just find all the women's perspective interesting. the chapters aren't that long so that made me more intrigued. there were some little things from the original story that was twisted and i was into it. not perfect but i thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Murder