Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

37 reviews

junefish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Child abuse

the pedophilia is with underage teenagers (not small children)

graceheiberger's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Vomit

imstephtacular's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion and Child abuse

booksiread_'s review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, and Police brutality

kristinbookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

rexreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I found that this book tried to deal with too many things so it didn't give any of them enough attention. The mystery didn't feel particularly compelling, and I didn't particularly like the main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

In the first few pages,

main character is getting an abortion. Is already in the process of it at the start of the book so we don't see the doctor's appointment, but we do see the effects of the pull

cbuenz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence