Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Bully by Penelope Douglas

35 reviews

antidietleah's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

mariekemarit's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Just awefull. Why does it have to be so womenhating... when do we stop writing women as hating other women and calling them sluts when they are wearing skirts..

As well as the bulliing as 'flirting' or as a 'sweet' thing. I hated the sentence 'I'm so happy to hear that you're a virgin' when he was the one sleeping with EVERYONE. WHAT ARE THOSE? STANDARDS? AWEFULL...

Hated it. We need to stop normalising toxic relations like this. And the hassesments abd sexual assoults. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hannaspages's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

ellezenner's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

fr4n_m's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

saoreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It's a big cliché and dramatic, which led to a plot story that really is predictable, yet that's on me as I wanted to take a breather from reading high fantasy books to school setting ones. What made a huge impression on me was Tate's monologue. I had to read that twice. That part was both soothing and painful because of the sort of way their friendship ended up. It felt like a last call and a voice indeed to express how she felt from the duration she was made to suffer over trauma dumping and incidents in school from bullying and pranks. It had a lot of messed up scenes to the extreme, but it was fiction for a reason. Anyway, that monologue definitely saved the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

tinewen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

1.5

Honestly, I wanted to read another "bully trope" by a different author this time because I enjoyed the last one quite a bit, but this wasn't a favorite. The only reason I gave a star rating was that it was written intelligibly. I will still give Penelope Douglas another try in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment

summerspence's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol