Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

357 reviews

pippinthepuffin's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Rape, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Its rather heavy on the domestic/sexual abuse. Its also based around being hostages in a bank robbery.

whitneys_bookstack's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

caprireads215's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective 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: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

urfavzarah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Loved the main character and her backstory, wish the ending was better but overall a super fun read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

cemmalyn12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Rape

Minor: Abortion

waysus1p1's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Not bad for a "$5 bucks if you buy a drink at the cafe" Barnes and Noble special. It did what I needed to and offered some much needed distraction. Definitely YA, as an adult reader I had to suspend belief a bit at some things and occasionally the current timeline interactions made me wince 'cause, ugh manufatured drama 🙄.
I actually appreciated the backstory more, kind of a Heartbreakers gone bad thing going on there. Also wondering if the author is a Leverage fan...?
Anywho, will be picking up the next far-fetched installment because the entertainment value is definitely there. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

cassie_books8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

jackieyvette's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

I really enjoyed this. I thought this was gonna be a straightforward bank heist style story. Just a fight for survival, but it ended up being so much more than that. It was very dark and deep in a way YA usually isn't and I even found myself forgetting that this was a YA book. 
I don't want to give away too much, but I really loved Nora and everyone she franken-friended. 


Crying score: yes and you would too for a check. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Death, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Toxic relationship

starlit_pathways's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Abortion, Biphobia, and Lesbophobia

imagemaps's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion