Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

5 reviews

violagirl25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Biphobia, Addiction, Infidelity, Rape, Vomit, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Stalking, Alcohol, and Cursing

lilawsahar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Holy shit.

I can’t believe Mint killed Heather because he thought it was Jessica. I also can’t believe Mint and Jessica just let her die. They did nothing to save her. They are literally perfect together. I can’t believe that Cooper still wants her even though he’s a good person and she is most definitely not. Also I can’t believe Mint kept dating Jessica even after he thought he killed her!! Wtf. Why didn’t he break up with her if he hated her so much. Also what was he planning on telling Jessica when she ran after Cooper in the present day Homecoming…

All the people in this book are really shitty. They make terrible life choices and only think about themselves. They all need therapy.

Jake cheated on Heather throughout their relationship with Frankie. Frankie cheated with Jake. Mint KILLED Heather and never truely loved Jessica just liked being admired by her. Cooper cheated with Jessica. Heather threatened to expose Frankie for taking drugs and wanted to expose Jake for being gay. She also lied about how much work she put into her life and drove Jessica mad. Caro stalked her friends because she wanted to be included in everything. Jessica let Heather die and cheated on Mint. What a shitty group of friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Death of parent, Body horror, Drug abuse, Rape, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Homophobia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Stalking, Religious bigotry, and Outing

starrysteph's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

 this thriller was a villainous delight. i found the plot incredibly compelling and feel like i got to know most of the characters - and i don’t often praise character development in fast-paced thrillers. fair warning: be prepared to dislike most of the characters, including our main POV (jessica). i found the toxicity fun, but totally understand if it is off-putting to some readers. i was able to reasonably suspect each member of the friend group over the course of the novel, which fueled me to devour it in just a few hours. the pacing was PERFECT; nothing felt dragging or rushed to me. i also appreciate a book with short chapters. while there were some surprising plot twists, they were all well executed & breadcrumbs were laid for each major reveal. one thing that may irk you is the heightened/immature dialogue: it’s like one of those “teen” cw shows. the vicious, witty snark is a little too unbelievable at times. i am looking forward to ashley winstead’s next thriller! 

 

CW: murder, drug use / addiction, sexual assault, homophobia, toxic friendship/bullying, death of a parent, suicidal thoughts 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

exeuntomnes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

 rtc. i’m not sure about this book. i mean, it took me + than a month to finish it. some elements didn’t convince me, but maybe that was the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Car accident, and Drug use

Minor: Stalking

alinwonderland's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Hate crime, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Addiction