Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

8 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I liked this one, and I thought the many varied stories were interesting. I liked the injustice that was felt for

the stealing of someone's story. That would be so devastating.

The main character stressed me the heck out, but I think she was written pretty well. Love family drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Classism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Stalking

lizziemarie01's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, and Sexual violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Alcohol

dmariefern's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

TRIGGER WARNING readers. I struggled to get into it. However I’m happy I kept at it. There were a lot of chafed gees and storylines to keep up with that at times got confusing however I did  truly enjoy it and read it fast after I got past the first few chapters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Grief, Miscarriage, Bullying, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Medical trauma

larade's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, Ableism, and Grief

laurena's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I’m not sure why everyone thought this was twisty turny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

mydearwatsonbooks's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Infertility, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Xenophobia, Car accident, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Incest, Vomit, Fatphobia, Dementia, and Death of parent

katbrookhart's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Child death, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Dementia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

amressing's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I was really excited when I saw this book came out because I had loved Girl on a Train.  I found the book to be a little too dark and and some of the twists felt unnecessary.  While it did grab my attention, it’s ultimately my least favorite of her books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit