Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did by Monica Murphy

7 reviews

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual content, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Infidelity, Incest, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Drug use, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Adult/minor relationship

theresarahel's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Minor: Eating disorder

Victim blaming Slut shaming Body shaming Blackmailing

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

Fall down the BookSmutTok hole where 50 Shades meets old money senior school at Lancaster Prep, where enemies turn to hardcore lovers despite their families' objections. 
  
Dark with darker sub-storylines, Monica Murphy builds the characters quite slowly as they show themselves to each other. Lots of adult themes and situations that are quite unrealistic yet fantastical to read and daydream about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Incest, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, and Classism

Minor: Death, Murder, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

isla_gracereader13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual violence

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

selestre's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Child death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Murder

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing 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

2.75

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13/12/2023

i actually enjoyed this more than i did the first time around but i rate things differently now. the writing style is really charming to me so even though there isn’t a lot of romantic development (imo) i liked reading it. it was a little OTT and very angsty but that’s exactly what i enjoy reading right now. i do feel disappointed that

her and sylvie never went back to the way they were before though, she was my favourite character and their falling out felt so out of nowhere

. i’m curious to see how the timeline matches up in sylvie’s story but i want to take a break from the series first.

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first read: 23/5/2022

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Bullying, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, Incest, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder and Pregnancy

disordered eating