Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

9 reviews

jwatson9030's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Child abuse, Classism, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Grief, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Medical content

lil_wavy_'s review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

OMG !!! Just finished the audiobook and I am hella salty right now. Great book overall though, S.A. did it again. He is definitely an author you should look out for honestly. Ike and Buddy Lee did what needed to be done. The entire plot was throughly written with such detail and depth. This book will have you emotional just letting y'all know. TW: racism, mental health, and homophobia 

Rate: 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Racism, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Bullying, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse

graff_fuller's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a reluctant revenge story.Like a buddy cop story...without being cops. Like 48 Hours as civilians...ex-cons.

Also, the reluctanat part was because of the lifestyle of their sons.

It really isn't for the faint at heart. What would your father do for you...even IF he didn't agree with it...he will make it right at the end.

These two guys, Ike Randolph and Buddy Lee play off each other really great. The bad guys were REALLY bad guys.

It was a satisfying end. I'll be picking up Blacktop Wasteland (2020), his first book...I think.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Bullying, Racial slurs, Torture, Car accident, and Death

pollyhall's review

challenging dark emotional 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

2.0

There is a scene at the beginning of the book where Ike is taking his grief out on a punching bag. The rhythm mimics the style of writing short and to the point which I liked. However, I found the language used to describe women in this book offensive. 
The story could have been shorter and some characters felt unnecessary to move the story along.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Vomit, Abandonment, Bullying, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Murder, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

kiandrareadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Homophobia

ldruckreier's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Outing, Murder, Racism, Transphobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Tough read but captivating

curatedsymposium's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Deadnaming, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

lorinew1's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

jennneely82's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence