Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Crave by Tracy Wolff

16 reviews

erinkellyreads's review against another edition

The writing is just terrible, y'all. It reads like how adults think young people talk - cringey, stilted, and vapid. I barely even got to the supernatural bits because this book just... stunk. It's a no from me, dog.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Bullying

elleclair's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

cfuet's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Una chica que a sufrido la pérdida de sus padres tiene que mudarse a un colegio en Alaska donde el director es su tío, allí conoce a un chico súper raro que le advierte que se large de allí ya, ella no hace caso y le empiezan a osar cosas raras, casi se le cae una lámpara encima, unos tipos intentan matarla…

becca_w_'s review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident, War, and Vomit

Minor: Genocide and Panic attacks/disorders

culzean's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Medical content, and Violence

headinthepages's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

jmeyers888's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Blood, Violence, and Kidnapping

cady_sass's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Twilight but make it gen z. That’s it, that’s the review. 


Just kidding. 
As someone who was a teenager when twilight hit the shelves, no YA vampire love story is going to touch it. But I can fully appreciate the audience this was written for and know that it’s successful in its execution. The issues for me lie specifically with just how painfully, cringing-ly (this is a word now) Gen Z it is. I don’t enjoy dialogue that includes “AF” unironically (and all the time). The characters are dumb, lovable but dumb, and i think that’s a disservice to all of them. The fact that Twilight, as a book, exists in this universe and it is GIVEN to the protagonist as a very obvious gift/clue and she still can’t figure what’s going on? The reader is never going to believe that. But someone could easily have similar gripes about Twilight, and I refuse to reconsider the 5 star the rating my teen heart gave those books. So, I get it. This is definitely that for some swooning teens out there 

I devoured this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Will definitely continue the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

stephs1531's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved it! I can definitely see how it was influenced by twilight, but I liked how this series includes other supernatural creatures. And Jaxon is swoon-worthy hot damn. My high school self would have been completely in love with him and he would have ruined me for all other men.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Blood

sam_maree's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Death, Violence, Bullying, Cursing, Murder, and Kidnapping