Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Bully by Penelope Douglas

6 reviews

kengtwozero's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

rceis's review

dark funny hopeful tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood, Addiction, Bullying, and Abandonment

saoreads's review

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

lilimday's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcoholism, Cancer, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

vanny62306's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

zabeishumanish's review

It's in the title and I knew this would be a bully romance, but in this case, the bully is unforgivable and doing nothing to atone for his cruelty.  He is hard and wooden and Tate is left baring the entirity of the emotions for the both of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Abandonment