Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

21 reviews

marjati_reads's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Body shaming, Drug use, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body horror, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

trashgobby's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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: Antisemitism, Murder, Misogyny, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Racism, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Deadnaming, Animal death, Classism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Hate crime

Minor: Excrement, Drug use, Confinement, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual content, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

vicshank's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, and Transphobia

awesomeallie's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit and Mass/school shootings

Fascism, rape & transphobia are the big themes of the book, so take care

funfamilyvideos's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Transphobia, Racism, Rape, Hate crime, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Antisemitism, Pedophilia, Body horror, Blood, Death, and Dysphoria

Minor: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, and Mass/school shootings

kyullua's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved it! I’m trying to get back into reading and this has been one of the fastest books I read in the last few years. After the first 1/3 I ended up reading it so fast, I just HAD to know what happened next. I read 100 pages in a day only. The plot twist at the end wasn’t something I wasn’t expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Body horror, Sexual violence, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

pattington's review against another edition

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

5.0

Grizzly, horrifying, fucked up, and cynical, this is an upsetting read and I recommend extensive trigger warnings beyond what is listed at the start of the book. If you need a warning for anything at all, you’ll likely need it for Tell Me I’m Worthless. Sitting in the violence chaos and confusion of this book it feels at once too on the nose and too obscure, but marries the two into a biting dissection of hatred. There are lengthy sections of this book that are almost unreadable from either the difficulty to stomach or parse them, but I found every page enrapturing. Super cool book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, Dysphoria, Death, Body horror, Blood, Antisemitism, Transphobia, Torture, Self harm, Misogyny, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Violence, Racism, Suicide, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Outing, Pedophilia, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, and Deportation

augusts_2020's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Outing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Rape, Colonisation, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Torture

cannibaldear's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

This house is racist and there's nothing you can do about it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Torture, Sexual violence, Racism, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Ableism, Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, Death, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, and Deadnaming

Minor: Deportation

gilroi's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 While this novel is searingly raw, absolutely none of it is undercooked. A testament to the work, considering how many incredible risks the writing takes, not just with form, but with content. This is a very specific book, about a very specific time, and a very specific experience. I don't know how people will understand this book if they're unfamiliar with how the internet treats trans people-- the TERF 'movement', mumsnet and #IStandWithMaya and trans widows and 4chan Nazis and sissy hypno. All of these things are real. All of these things are not parody. The book is about these things. Which is to say, fascism.

This book is a slap in the face from someone who loves you. Maybe you can forgive the violence. Maybe you can't. That's your choice. It might be the only choice you have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Racial slurs, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Outing, Deadnaming, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Excrement