Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Agathas by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow

17 reviews

jenmtnbike's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

dblue236's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

Trigger warnings: Domestic abuse, domestic violence, toxic relationships, toxic friendships, brief discussion of being unknowingly drugged.

While this book was wildly, massively unrealistic, I absolutely loved it. The entertainment value of it was off the charts, and while for the most part it was just a fun, corny murder mystery involving high school kids, it also dealt with some really heavy subject matter in a very impactful way. I had heard next to nothing about this book before I picked it up, and I'm really glad I gave it a chance because I got much more than I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Gore, and Alcohol

aseel_reads's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.0

The mystery was okay but god I hated the characters 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Bullying and Death of parent

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

I enjoyed a YA book! Will wonders never cease. The story is fast-paced, well-written, and hard to put down. The class tensions of the town and high school feel archetypal without being (overly) clichéd, and the tensions between the main characters are drawn out nicely throughout the book. 

Some of the clues in the writing felt a little ham-handed (Steve! Was acting! Weird! Was Steve acting weird? Steve was acting so weird!!), but on the whole it was a really fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Murder, and Abandonment

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Definitely left the ending open for more books 👀
Shipped the main characters so hard but I'm thinking they're both straight, unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mysterymom40's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

espressoreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious 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: Drug use, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying and Child death

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Excellent mystery! I couldn’t guess who did it. I found the two protagonists to be fascinating and I loved them. The story makes sense and there’s so much going on that gets wrapped up beautifully. Highly recommend it as a lighter mystery to try to solve. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

wickedreads's review against another edition

3.5

It was fun but not super remarkable. I will be reading the second one when it comes out! Definitely gives the Veronica Mars vibes we were promised except they are truly terrible teen detectives 😂


CWings: domestic abuse, death of a friend, drugging, attempted drugging, murder, violence, cheating, misuse of authority by adults

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, and Murder