Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer

9 reviews

vivisms_82's review

dark emotional hopeful tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

We meet Rev in book #1 and I am so glad we get to hear his story too. He meets Emma Blue. Rev is battling personal demons and Emma is overwhelmed by her home-life situation amongst other things. Marvellous read. I especially loved Geoff and Kristin - if only we had more folks like them in the world!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

moonlightreads007's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

5.0

This is such a dark yet heartwarming, memorable read. Even though the struggles that the characters are facing are exceptionally difficult, they eventually learn that the best way to overcome this is to seek support and to share their true thoughts and feelings with others. With Rev it's very obvious that he experienced child abuse and that the demons from the past are still haunting him, whereas with Emma, the emotional abuse she experiences is much more subtle and insidious - some people may think they have your best interests in mind, when really all they are doing is projecting their unrealistic expectations onto you. Furthermore, this book highlights how women are often harassed and mistreated in male-dominated spaces (in this case, the video game industry), as well as the threats that exist in cyberspace and how important it is to stay safe online by setting boundaries and sticking to them.

I also feel like Rev and Emma's relationship was portrayed in a very realistic way, which I find is generally quite uncommon in media and books - I felt like I was watching a real, imperfect human relationship unfold and develop.

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book and I love how it emphasizes the power of human connection to encourage healing, personal growth and development. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys slow-burn romance books; however, I would also recommend checking out the content warnings for this one as the story can get very dark at times. Still, it's definitely a 5/5 read for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Miscarriage

locust1266's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

This book was so good 😭. I love rev . I read this book for the bromance and I'm so happy i didn't have to read about Juliet and her friend grp . I finished this book so fast. I liked Emma alot more than juliet and she was flawed too . Her character made a lot more sense. I felt so sorry for Mathew. Rev and Emma had a lot more chemistry than Dec and juliet

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism and Child death

psliz's review

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

had so much potential but it tried to tackle too many things that it felt underdeveloped

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexism

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Car accident, Self harm, Kidnapping, Bullying, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Homophobia, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racism, and Child death

tammythree's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

reading_srsly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

perished's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.5 stars. 5 if emma hadn’t been such a pain in the ass most of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Bullying, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

nya_r's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you don’t like YA books, read this. That may sound strange but this is very different from your typical YA book. It’s not cheesy and handles very heavy topics really well. I absolutely love Rev Fletcher. I liked him a lot in Letters to the Lost (the first book to this companion novel) but I honestly started reading this book to see more of Juliet and Declan. HOWEVER, I was reading it for Rev by chapter two. I just want to hug him and protect him. He’s honestly my favorite boy character ever. He was the sweetest. I cried so many times during this book. There were happy tears and sad tears and angry tears and frustrated tears… it was a mess haha. Please look up trigger warnings, but if you read it, you’ll love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Cursing, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Rape, Terminal illness, Racism, Blood, Homophobia, Murder, Medical content, and Car accident

PLEASE LOOK UP TRIGGER WARNINGS!! This book dealt heavily with child abuse!!

spicynija18's review

dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Bullying