Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

19 reviews

ginadapooh's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, and Toxic relationship

byronreidsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

bookspaperink's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Murder, and Death

maaikereadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Violence, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, and Vomit

pastry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I think I just went into this book with the wrong expectation. I expected a fun Ocean's 11 style YA book, but this is actually more about the abuse and manipulation the main character had to live through as a young child. That's undoubtedly a much more valuable and important story than a fun con-woman comedy, but because I had that underlying expectation, I found it hard to really connect to the story - it just wasn't what I was in the mood for. I think the blurb is ultimately a little misleading, so maybe that's why.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

hope365's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

livsorlander's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I had no idea books like this are being written. I definitely need more like this. (And here I was thinking I'm over YA books...pffff) 
It is about a bank heist from the hostages point of view and the protagonist is this smart, resourceful, badass teenage girl. She's basically the modern day version of Arya Stark. This part of the story just reads like a mix of an action-adventure game and a Die Hard movie. I LOVED it. It's super action packed and fast pased with witty lines and dialogies. But the main plot is interrupted by flashbacks of the protagonist's pasts. Which is really had hitting and full of triggers. This part of the plot was a little weaker in my opinion but I still wanted to know what exactly happened in the past. And all the chapters going back and forth were really short, so it didn't get boring or distract too much from the main plot. 
I absolutely loved the friendship group and the romantic relationships and the found family trope, these relationships were just wholesome. There was a lot of trauma and healing and LGBTQ+ representation and therapy and soooo many more little things I liked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence