Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

3 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

This is maybe the only book of my tweenage years that has truly aged well because not aging well is the whole point of the book. All the characters are stereotypes, the plot feels completely unhinged, and the combination thereof perfectly communicates Bray’s incredulity and precise focus on the ways in which limiting expectations govern our global and personal societies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Sexism, Abandonment, Violence, Transphobia, Gun violence, Blood, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

lindsayerin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-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: Fatphobia and Misogyny

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Ableism, Lesbophobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.75

This was both a fun and painful story. It is well written and hilarious, however it is also very dark at the same time and in part made darker by how relevant it is in today's culture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Classism, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Outing, Xenophobia, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Transphobia

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, Fatphobia, Racism, Gaslighting, Genocide, Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child death, Grief, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, War, Abandonment, Classism, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Blood, Death, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

There is a plane crash and only 13 of 50 girls survive.