Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Penance by Eliza Clark

45 reviews

katarinabee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookishconnections's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book gave me nightmares and it is not for the faint hearted.

An engaging tale of a fictional true crime and a fascinating look at internet culture from the eyes of a crooked journalist who imagines the truth in this fictional true crime book.

All the characters are despicable but sympathetic at different times and the story is horrifying but believable.

I will definitely be reading more of Clark’s work because she is an incredibly talented writer…after a break.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Incest and Mass/school shootings

mookisbooks's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

katerina_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Death of parent

mashapopeskovic's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Classism

dev921's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

noshinbean's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

errie's review against another edition

mysterious

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, and Classism

chronicacademia's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An incredible, uncomfortable, horrifying dissection of the true crime genre and its “fandoms.” A must read for anyone who consumes true crime. 

Adding a content warning for necrophilia as well as the content warnings listed below. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was fine, it captured the voices of the teens and (most of) the internet culture of the era really well, but I do think it fell into its own trap a bit in over focusing on the perpetrators without a lot of self awareness, and a few things about the internet culture of the time are inaccurate in a way that annoyed me (especially the assertion about ao3 because I think the truth actually adds to the book's point). The twist is so obvious from pretty much the beginning that the epilogue feels like a joke.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic