Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman

3 reviews

maaaaccccc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

2.25

It was hard to get into the story and the jumping between character narratives made it a bit repetitive. The story was still fun once it picked up about half way through the book, and kept me guessing at what the end outcome would be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Suicide, and Sexual assault

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Torture, Bullying, Child abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

vicktorea's review

dark emotional sad tense 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

depressing, disappointing and (pretentiously) dark

these girls needed help. like I would’ve called them dumb (they did do stupid things to seem ✨edgy✨) but it was just so clear their mental health was at the bottom of the barrel and bc this was set in the 90s, no one cared about that.

I really disliked the religious / satanic allegory - it felt pointless and, again, pretentious. Same with all the Kurt Cobain shit. Like it felt like the author either tried to to make Lacy’s life reflective of his (perhaps bc she was so obsessed with him) it it was the only iconic idol of the 90s they could think of.

The ending for this could’ve made this a three-star read but ofc Hannah (“Dex”) (& the author) made the predictable decision. 

The whole time i was reading this I was like this feels like one of those dark, depressing books from 2000s about fucked up girls we used to love to read (for what reason we used to love reading them remains unanswered). 

2⭐️ for the pacing - I was actually curious and wanted to know how this would end (turns out it was in eye-rolling-induced disappointment).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide