Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel

3 reviews

jess_thefacts's review

emotional reflective 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

4.0

 Every parent should read this and every teenage girl. It gets under your skin and reminds you that you are more than the labels you place on yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Addiction, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Body shaming

tomesandtash's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

The message of this book is so profound and poignant. The way it was written was so interesting. It had me confused for a while but once I figured it out, it made so much sense and was so cleverly done. The way this book discusses serious topics such as abuse, self harm, and eating disorders is really nuanced and the author definitely took a lot of care while writing this. It explores so many ways of disordered thinking and self blame and victimisation that real life people go through. I do think it was a little long. There were some times where the next chapter would double back on the event that just happened from another perspective that didn’t feel necessary. And be careful with the content warnings! There are highly detailed descriptions in this book so please don’t read if they can be triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Medical content

samantha_is_reading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts