Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

238 reviews

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

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

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

comfsp's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

It was a good read, i just flew through it. I liked the characters and i really liked the premise and the general idea of the story. However it features some very heavy topics yet puts emphasis on less important things. Sometimes the writing felt juvenile. I get that she was a kid when all that happened so she couldn't feel the full weight of everything and she's still only a teenager but she kinda just brushed over the most impactful parts that i think that could've been taken more seriously. What i really liked was that she kept a lot of her secrets and only revealed what she had to not just to other characters but also to us as readers. it felt very authentic. 

my favourite parts were when iris used the guy's ignorance on the female body as a weapon against him and when nora told iris to bury her feelings deep and wes corrected her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

Super angsty and dramatic but like slay! Fun! Fast paced! What j wanted basically, didnt not disappoint

‘The world is tilting again. But I have people to hold on to.‘

Go girl set him on fire! Go girl stab him! Go girl cut off his fingers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Vomit, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

annabellacosci's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Gun violence and Abortion

hue's review against another edition

challenging mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

2.0

The setting? Somewhat interesting. The plot? Quite fascinating. The characters? Can't say I cared for them. The writing? Not good.

So basically it comes down to the writing being repetitive, sort of "childish" (can't find the right word to explain it exactly), and quite cringe at times. Which sucks because it wasn't an awful plot to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Abortion

laconni4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion