Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

19 reviews

mtehan7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual content, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

amy959's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

honeycuttsp's review

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Terminal illness, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Gun violence, and Grief

fiainkvinna's review

dark medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

cadizoeller's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

this book brought my mind somewhere i never knew it could go. it brought me back to a place i haven’t been in months, a place that Wavy found herself in her whole life. i had an experience in the past similar in ways to wavy and kellan and being so disgusted by what was happening made me rethink everything. it was such an eye-opening experience to be reading something like that especially after i had neglected any emotions that came with the situation. the novel was incredibly life changing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Blood

travelthepages's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

bash5617's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, and Violence

bnelson13's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! Such a compelling read. It had a bit of a slow start for me, but it didn't take long to pick up and then it was super hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

raychelcruz's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Beautifully written- content? Not so much. Normalizing pedophilia and sympathizing with child molesters is NOT a good look. Kellan was not a good guy, there ARE no good pedophiles. He absolutely groomed her. He knew what he was doing was wrong, acknowledged that, and continued to do it. I would no recommend this book, and I’m glad I didn’t spend money actually burying it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence