Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Fetele care am fost cândva by Tess Sharpe

265 reviews

onion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

2busyreading's review against another edition

adventurous tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

juliaisnotalright's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

About Nora, who has a tragic and confusing past, and her friend Wes and girlfriend Iris.
They end up in a bank robbery and and are being held hostage. Lots of small plot twists and plans.
In the beginning it felt super interesting and I couldn’t stop reading, but the middle part was kinda boring and stretched. Tho the ending was great since now it can be a standalone or a new sequel could come out.
Most characters were well written and the author gave them problems with which normal people are confronted in their daily life.
#stanirisandhervintagedresses

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion and War

kaelielily's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought this book was a nice and easy read, even though it‘s probably not going to be my book of the year. I don‘t normally read thrillers, but this book was a great introduction into the genre. 
Nora is an amazing, badass character, who does whatever it takes to survive and the flashbacks were a good way to get to know her and the trauma she had to endure.
Iris and Wes and the friendship between all three of them and the diversity they represent was one my favorite parts of the book. 
There is a lot of child abuse in this book, which was at times hard to stomach.
All in all, this was an enjoyable read and I‘m definitely looking forward to the Netflix adaptation!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Abortion

ladydamonayde's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Blood, and Abortion

maisiemoo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

kebbi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

sienna_54's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

“Practically everyone thinks they're smarter than a teenage girl. It's what makes being one so powerful, if you know how to use that giant mistake of an assumption”

Rebecca, Samantha, Haley, Katie, Ashley. After being her con artist mothers protege, Nora is on a journey to find her identity after being moulded into so many girls. However, when she finds herself, her girlfriend and her ex-boyfriend in the middle of a bank heist, she might just have to use all the girls she’s been before so help save her and her friends. 

I was hooked on this book almost immediately. I loved how the book utilised past flashbacks of the girls Nora had been  in order to show how they had shaped her and her actions in the bank heist. I found Nora to be such an emotionally complex and multi-faceted character alongside her girlfriend, Iris, and ex-boyfriend, Wes - which is sometimes ignored in the case of side characters. I was excited to read about a badass bisexual female protagonist but was even more excited to see a character with endometriosis. 

I do think the present day heist itself was a little too fast paced compared to the slower, deeply explored flashbacks, which sometimes resulted in a lack of angst or intensity. However, this book got me out of a reading slump so I didn’t mind the pace as much as I usually would. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Please check Trigger Warnings before reading!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Abortion

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Abortion

the_first_lines's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Abortion